i was a teenage anarchist
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against me!

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i was a teenage anarchist
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looking for a revolution
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i had the style , i had the ambition
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read all the authors i knew the right slogans
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there was no war but the class war
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i was ready to set the world on fire
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i was a teenage anarchist
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looking for a revolution

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dooooo you remember when you were young
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and you wanted to set the world on fire
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dooooo you remember when you were young
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and you wanted to set the world on fire

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i was a teenage anarchist
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but the politics were too convenient
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in the depths of their humanity
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all i saw was bloodless ideology
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with freedom as their doctrine
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guess who was the new authority
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i was a teenage anarchist
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but the politics were too convenient

E D A
dooooo you remember when you were young
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and you wanted to set the world on fire
E D A
dooooo you remember when you were young
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and you wanted to set the world on fire
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when you were young
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and you wanted to set the world on fire

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i was a teenage anarchist
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but then the scene got too rigid
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it was mob mentality
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they set their rifle sights on me
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narrow visions of autonomy
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you want me to surrender my identity
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i was a teenage anarchist
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the revolution was a lie

E D A
dooooo you remember when you were young
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and you wanted to set the world on fire
E D A
dooooo you remember when you were young
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and you wanted to set the world on fire
A
when you were young
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and you wanted to set the world on fire
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when you were young
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and you wanted to set the world on fire

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i was a teenage anarchist ( 4x )

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( corrections and feedback welcome )