EX-TEENAGE REBEL


When I asked you to lend me a fiver 
You said you were already broke 
And when I explained you were living in chains you assumed 
It was some sort of joke you wanted a job 
And then got one and learnt jokes about sex 
JEws and blacks got married to help pay the mortgage 
Got wound up when you had to pay tax 

 What happened to you with your ideas? 
 What happened to all your hopes and fears? 
 Ex-teenage rebel - same old story 

When I asked what you thought of the arms race asking you who's gonna win? 
You remembered a man on the telly and said 'I agree with him' 
You say everything's alright really you say that I'm just paranoid 
You tell me it's always been the same and there's some things I cannot avoid 

 What happened to you with your ideas? 
 What happened to all your hopes and fears? 
 Ex-teenage rebel - same old story 

So what happened to your old opinions? 
The thoughts that you held for so long? 
That inspired a thousand rebellions 
Against what was and still is so wrong 
You tell me you used to be 'crazy' and paranoid 
Like i am now you 'soon realized there was no reason why' 
So you gave up and soon settled down 

 What happened to you with your ideas? 
 What happened to all your hopes and fears? 
 Ex-teenage rebel - same old story 

And i tell you that you are the problem which is why 
You don't see it no more the strength of us all could demolish the wall 
But you chose to walk through the door living a life of compromise 
What your supporting is what you despised
Was all that you said just a useful disguise? 
Or was it all just those little white lies? 
Little white lies to help you survive is there no guilt in your mind? 
Is there no guilt in your eyes? 

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