(v) 7th September 1992 : Mike Peters And the Poets Of Justice – Abbey Road Sessions Recorded live 7.9.1992
Running length 6:01
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Voice, Acoustic Guitar
Ethan Johns – Electric Guitar
Jules Jones – Piano, Hammond Organ, Backing Vocals
David Watkins-Clarke – Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Martyn Barker – Drums
Steve Bell – Percussion
Audience – Backing vocals
Produced by Michael Peters
Engineered by Mike Jarratt
Assistant Engineering by Darren Godwin
Mixed by Andy Taylor
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London NW8, England on 7.9.1992 – Evening session (with audience)

(v) Summer 1994 : Mike Peters – Breathe The Acoustic Session
Running length 5:02
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Jules Jones – Piano
Produced by Michael Peters
Recorded in Wales Summer 1994
Appears on the album Mike Peters – Breathe The Acoustic Sessions

The following are Worldwide releases except where stated


10th October 1994 : Mike Peters – Breathe
Released on double vinyl album by CRAI records catalogue number CRAI 47LP
Released on CD album by CRAI records catalogue number CRAI 47CD
Original 1994 album recording


(v) 1995 : Mike Peters – Breathe The Acoustic Sessions
Released on CD by the Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C001
Summer 1994 Wales acoustic recording

(v) March 1997 : Mike Peters and The Poets Of Justice – Abbey Road Sessions Recorded Live 7.9.1992
Released on CD by the Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C003
1992 Abbey Road Non audience session recording

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See the world in pictures of black and white
Now it’s all fading into one big crazy
Twenty first century attitude

I can’t move I can’t sit still
Positives and negatives are making me ill
I can’t speak but I’m not dumb
I might look like a hero but I feel like a bum
Come on, come on

Into the twenty first century
A schizophrenic virtuality
Into the twenty first century
I’m bitter, I’m twister, I’m cynical me

Is this what you wanted?
Is this what you really want?
Is this what you wanted?
Is this what you really want?
Into the Twenty First Century
Twenty First Century

I saw the best minds of a generation
Dial up destruction with needles and guns
Saw the blue sneakers, the blood-stained carpet
The media smiled, it got what it wanted

Into the twenty first century
A schizophrenic virtuality
Into the twenty first century
I’m bitter, I’m twister, I’m cynical me

Is this what you wanted?
Is this what you really want?
Is this what you wanted?
Is this what you really want form me?
Into the Twenty First Century
Twenty First Century

I used to be a sweet and innocent child
See the world in pictures of black and white
Now it’s all fading into one big crazy
Twenty first century attitude

Is this what you wanted?
Is this what you really want?
Is this what you wanted?
Is this what you really want?
Into the Twenty First Century
A schizophrenic virtuality
Into the twenty first century
I’m bitter, I’m twister, I’m cynical me Into the Twenty First Century

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I used to be a sweet and innocent child
See the world in pictures of black and white
Now it’s all fading into one big crazy
Twenty first century attitude

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it’s not my life that is in question
Standing in between us every time we speak up
It’s the fear of failure
The enemy that penetrates your whole being

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It’s a twenty first century
Things aren’t what they used to be
It’s a twenty first century
I’m bitter, I’m twister, I’m cynical me

Is this what you wanted?
Is this what you really want?
Is this what you wanted?
Is this what you really want from me?
It’s a Twenty First Century

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Some say I’ve got a lust for glory
But I’m to proud to beg to dirty my knees
Satan want a piece of the action
But when the bullets fly your nowhere to be seen

It’s a twenty first century
Things aren’t what they used to be
It’s a twenty first century
I’m bitter, I’m twister, I’m cynical me

Is this what you wanted?
Is this what you really want?
Is this what you wanted?
Is this what you really want from me?
I tell it like it is

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The way it always will be
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The ways it’s gonna be from now on
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Is this what you really want? (Oh oh oh)
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Is this what you really want from me? (Oh oh oh)
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Is this what you wanted? (Oh oh oh)
Is this what you really want from me? (Oh oh oh)

I used to be a sweet and innocent child (Oh oh oh)
See the world in pictures of black and white (Oh oh oh)
Now it’s all fading into one big crazy (Oh oh oh)
Twenty first century attitude (Oh oh oh)

It’s a twenty first century (century)
Things aren’t what they used to be
It’s a twenty first century (century)
I’m bitter, I’m twister, I’m cynical me

Is this what you wanted?
Is this what you really want?
Is this what you wanted?
Is this what you really want from me?
It’s a Twenty First Century

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Twenty First Century
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Is this what you wanted? (Oh oh oh)
Is this what you really want? (Oh oh oh)
Is this what you wanted? (Oh oh oh)
Is this what you really want from me? (Oh oh oh)

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