From the time she could crawl
 She was all draped in macrame'
 She was preen and redeemed
 In a church that tried to show the way
 She was taught to never ask for more
 They had no idea of what she had in store

 She's the queen of the 21st century
 Just a ghost of what her parents thought a little girl should be
 Analog heart, analog nerves, analog brain
 But a fixture of the digital domain
 Woh...

 From the time she could read
 She could see that there was urgency 
 No debate, just a spate of ignorance in a [bad word]  She could never meet their expectations
 Then she came to symbolize the nation

 She's the queen of the 21st century
 Just a shell of what her parents thought a little girl should be
 Steeped in spite, coddled in fear, drenched in novelty
 Oh but masterful of sensual technology
 Oh...

 She's the queen

 She's the queen
 [bad word] in her empire
 She's the queen 
 Just libido and desire
 She's a lean, mean fighting machine
 The stuff for modern media lore
 And she always knows the score

 She's the queen of the 21st century
 Just a ghost of what her parents thought a little girl should be
 Fallen star, black and blue, broken hearts, wasted youth  [bad word] cars, twisted roots, mental scars, the ugly [bad word]  Oh...

 She's the queen of the 21st century
 And she's a modern day romantic, a walking controversy
 She's the queen of the 21st century
 She's the queen