Spirit of the Age

Hawkwind - Spirit of the Age D5 D5 E5 I would've liked you to have been deep frozen too D5 E5 and waiting still as fresh in your flesh for my return to Earth D5 E5 But your father refused to sign the forms to freeze you D5 Let's see you'd be about 60 now, E5 D5 and long dead by the time I return to Earth E5 My time held dreams were full of you, D5 E5 as you were when I left; still underage D5 E5 Your android replica is playing up again it's no joke D5 E5 When she comes she moans another's name D5 But that's the spirit of the age, E5 That's the spirit of the age D5 Spirit of the age E5 Spirit of the age D5 I am a clone, I am not alone E5 D5 Every fibre of my flesh and bone is identical to the others E5 D5 Everything I say is in the same tone E5 as my test tube brother's voice There is no choice between us, D5 If you had ever seen us, E5 You'd rejoice in your uniqueness D5 E5 and consider every weakness something special of your own D5 E5 Being a clone, I have no flaws to identify D5 Even this doggerel that pours from my pen, E5 has just been written by another twenty telepathic men, D5 word for word, it says: E5 D5 E5 "Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen". D5 Spirit of the age E5 Spirit of the age D5 Spirit of the age E5 Spirit of the age