David Byrne In The Future Lyrics

In The Future Lyrics

In the future everyone will have the same haircut and the same clothes

In the future everyone will be very fat from the starchy diet

In the future everyone will be very thin from not having enough to eat

In the future it will be next to impossible

To tell girls from boys, even in bed



In the future men will be super-masculine

And women will be ultra-feminine

In the future half of us will be mentally ill

In the future there will be no religion or spiritualism of any sort

In the future the psychic arts will be put to practical use



In the future we will not think that nature is beautiful

In the future the weather will always be the same

In the future no one will fight with anyone else

In the future there will be an atomic war



In the future water will be expensive

In the future all material items will be free

In the future everyone's house will be like a little fortress

In the future everyone's house will be a total entertainment center



In the future everyone but the wealthy will be very happy

In the future everyone but the wealthy will be very filthy

In the future everyone but the wealthy will be very healthy

In the future TV will be so good

That the printed word will function as an art form only



In the future people with boring jobs

Will take pills to relieve the boredom

In the future no one will live in cities

In the future there will be mini wars going on everywhere

In the future everyone will think about love all the time



In the future political and other decisions

Will be based completely on opinion polls

In the future there will be machines

Which will produce a religious experience in the user



In the future there will be groups of wild people

Living in the wilderness

In the future there will only be paper money

Which will be personalized

In the future there will be a classless society



In the future everyone will only get to go home once a year

In the future everyone will stay home all the time

In the future we will not have time for leisure activities

In the future we will only work one day a week



In the future our bodies will be shriveled up but our brains will be bigger

In the future there will be starving people everywhere

In the future people will live in space

In the future no one will be able to afford TV



In the future the helpless will be killed

In the future everyone will have their own style of way-out clothes

In the future we will make love to anything, anytime, anywhere

In the future there will be so much going on

That no one will be able to keep track of it