Love in the 21st Century

In a room full of strangers you are the strangest one,
And everybody’s talking.
The tears in your eyes and the sugar on the tip of your tongue
And everybody’s talking.
About your wooden cross and your silver spoon,
Your burning heart and your paper moon.
Now everybody’s talkin' bout love in the 21st century.
All the newspapers say there’s a countdown to Sunday,
And everybody’s talking.
Tears of joy and sorrow for a good man who’s back from the dead,
And everybody’s talking.
About the picture of a child in his heart-shaped locket,
The pint of Black Velvet in his back pocket.
And everybody’s talkin' bout love in the 21st century,
Now everybody’s talkin' bout love in the 21st century
Except for you you and me.
In a world full of danger you have the strangest dreams.
The clean cut kid you kissed, and the clean cut on his wrist.
In a world full of danger you are the strangest dream.
And everybody’s talking.
Your dress of knives, your nine lives, and your moonbeams.
Everybody’s talking.
They say time was a diamond and you stole it with a kiss.
You put it on a chain and now you wear it on your wrist.
Now everybody’s talkin' bout love in the 21st century.
Yeah, everybody’s talkin' bout love in the 21st century
Except for you…
Except for you and me.