Once We Were Anarchists Lyrics

Frank Turner

The demonstrations got boring br />
Well it was obvious that the government was ignoring us.
Ita¦ÂŠÂ¯ 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.
Ita¦ÂŠÂ¯ supposed to be a case of give and take br />
Well I was feeling the give and making a mistake.

And Ia¦ÂŠÂ³e heard it said that the unexamined life
Isna¦ÂŠÂ° much worth living, and Ia¦ÂŠÂ¦ sure theya¦ÂŠÂ®e right.
But ita¦ÂŠÂ¯ hard to keep on fighting the good fight
When no one else seems bothered, yeah,
When no onea¦ÂŠÂ¯ on your side.

Ia¦ÂŠÂ³e got friends who are bankers,
And ita¦ÂŠÂ¯ an easy rhyme to call them wankers,
But I must say I envy the way that they live
In a style thata¦ÂŠÂ¯ all take and no give,
While Ia¦ÂŠÂ¦ playing the Lone Ranger,
Riding to the rescue of six billion strangers,
Armed with only unoriginal songs
And a sense that somethinga¦ÂŠÂ¯ wrong.

And I must admit that Ia¦ÂŠÂ¦ tired of saying a¦Â�‰oall the time.
But I must admit that I dona¦ÂŠÂ° 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 dona¦ÂŠÂ° like people all that much.

The times they arena¦ÂŠÂ° a-changing br />
Yeah, Englanda¦ÂŠÂ¯ still shit and ita¦ÂŠÂ¯ still raining,
And everybodya¦ÂŠÂ¯ jaded and tired and bored
And no one lifts a finger because
Ita¦ÂŠÂ¯ just not in our culture.
Our culture is carrion and wea¦ÂŠÂ®e all vultures,
And no one seems bothered by this state of play br />
It seems that the stench is with us to stay.

So I had a go, I tried examining life.
It wasna¦ÂŠÂ° much worth living I guess theya¦ÂŠÂ®e right.
And Ia¦ÂŠÂ¦ tired of fighting a fight thata¦ÂŠÂ¯ not my fight.
But so is everybody else wea¦ÂŠÂ®e all on the same side.

Ia¦ÂŠÂ¦ young enough to be all pissed off
But Ia¦ÂŠÂ¦ old enough to be jaded.
Ia¦ÂŠÂ¦ of the age where I want things to change
But with age my hopes have faded.
Ia¦ÂŠÂ¦ young and bored of being young and bored br />
If I was old I could say Ia¦ÂŠÂŽ seen it all before.
In short, Ia¦ÂŠÂ¦ tired, and in short Ia¦ÂŠÂ¦ probably fired.
If the revolution doesna¦ÂŠÂ° want me I dona¦ÂŠÂ° give a shit.