Once a beautiful Miss America,
married Mr Right
Had a little baby girl,
born on a stormy night

But that was once upon a time,
now it's a brand new world
Gimmee the future, gimmee the future,
gimmee the future with a modern girl

Somewhere just between the past
and somethin' dawnin' new
There's a break in the chain,
there's a skip in the clock,
girl that's where I'm gonna find you

Between the boy I was before
and what I'm gonna be
There's a clash on the border,
a flame in the sky,
girl that's where you gonna find me

Can't ya hear the planet groanin',
like a broken down machine
Rusted with the guilty tears
of fallen kings and queens

But you and I stand innocent,
baby it's a brand new world
Gimme the future, gimmee the future,
gimmee the future with a modern girl

We're the son and the daughter on a new freeway,
(Gimmee the future, gimmee the future)
laughin' while the road maps blow away,
(Gimmee the future, gimmee the future)
we're the son and the daughter and we ain't afraid,
(Gimmee the future, gimmee the future)
won't be makin' the mistakes our fathers made
(Gimmee the future with a modern girl)
Gimmee the future, gimmee the future,
gimmee the future with a modern girl
Gimmee the future, gimmee the future,
gimmee the future with a modern girl

Once a beautiful Miss America,
married Mr Right
Had a little baby boy,
born on a stormy night
But that was once upon a time,
now it's a brand new world
Gimmee the future, gimmee the future,
gimmee the future with a modern girl