Once We Were Anarchists by Frank Turner
Once We Were Anarchists lyrics
The demonstrations got boring �
Well it was obvious that the government was ignoring us.
It�s hard to drag yourself through empty streets
On an empty stomach and no sleep.
The shortcomings got clearer,
As the price we paid got dearer and dearer.
It�s supposed to be a case of give and take �
Well I was feeling the give and making a mistake.
And I�ve heard it said that the unexamined life
Isn�t much worth living, and I�m sure they�re right.
But it�s hard to keep on fighting the good fight
When no one else seems bothered, yeah,
When no one�s on your side.
I�ve got friends who are bankers,
And it�s an easy rhyme to call them wankers,
But I must say I envy the way that they live
In a style that�s all take and no give,
While I�m playing the Lone Ranger,
Riding to the rescue of six billion strangers,
Armed with only unoriginal songs
And a sense that something�s wrong.
And I must admit that I�m tired of saying �no� all the time.
But I must admit that I don�t really know what would be right.
And if politics is helping all the people then my political career is pretty fucked,
Because the truth is I don�t like people all that much.
The times they aren�t a-changing �
Yeah, England�s still shit and it�s still raining,
And everybody�s jaded and tired and bored
And no one lifts a finger because
It�s just not in our culture.
Our culture is carrion and we�re all vultures,
And no one seems bothered by this state of play �
It seems that the stench is with us to stay.
So I had a go, I tried examining life.
It wasn�t much worth living � I guess they�re right.
And I�m tired of fighting a fight that�s not my fight.
But so is everybody else � we�re all on the same side.
I�m young enough to be all pissed off
But I�m old enough to be jaded.
I�m of the age where I want things to change
But with age my hopes have faded.
I�m young and bored of being young and bored �
If I was old I could say I�d seen it all before.
In short, I�m tired, and in short I�m probably fired.
If the revolution doesn�t want me I don�t give a shit.
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