[Verse 1]
Well, here's some Middle English for you scholars of renown
Cave drawings of antiquity, some artifacts I've found
It's still the middle ages, we're medieval boys and girls
And in a funny old new world

[Verse 2]
Yeah, the king is in his castle and his queen's gone underground
Well, everyone admires the plague which rages all around
They're banking on insurance so they're claiming force majeure
And it's a funny old new world

[Verse 3]
Well, the fabled Towеr of Babel, yeah, they got it off thе ground
'Cause when the pope gets creative, well, there's always cash around
Presuming you can talk the talk, they'll make you Duke of Earl
'Cause it's a funny old new world

[Verse 4]
From Homer to the Simpsons, yeah, they've kept us entertained
By things that seem to others to be simple or inane
One day it is John Milton and the next it's Milton Berle
'Cause it's a funny old new world (Yeah, oh Deborah)

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[Verse 5]
And the peasants won't behave themselves, they're hanging 'round in gangs
They're handing out instructions in a secret sort of slang
It says, "What we ran away to was another man called sir"
Yeah, it's a funny old new world

[Verse 6]
Yeah, the futile system's still a joke, the witches all get ducked
Yeah, cash has changed to credit now, and they'll never stop the buck
Jesus got some toothpaste made of frankincense and myrrh
And it's a funny old new world (Solo)

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[Verse 1]
So, here's some Middle English for you scholars of renown
Cave drawings of antiquity, some artifacts I've found
We're near the middle ages, we're no longer boys and girls
And it's a funny old new world (Yeah)