I Was a Teenage Anarchist (Acoustic Version)

I was a teenage anarchist looking for a revolution

I had the style I had the ambition

I read all the authors I knew the right slogans

There was no war but the class war

I was ready to set the world on fire

I was a teenage anarchist looking for a revolution

Do you remember when you were young

And you wanted to set the world on fire

I was a teenage anarchist but the politics were too convenient

In the depths of their humanity all I saw was bloodless ideology

And with freedom as the doctrine guess who was the new authority

I was a teenage anarchist but the politics were too convenient

Do you remember when you were young

And you wanted to set the world on fire

I was a teenage anarchist but then the scene got too rigid

It was a mob mentality they set their rifle sights on me

Narrow visions of autonomy you want me to surrender my identity

I was a teenage anarchist the revolution was a lie

Do you remember when you were young

And you wanted to set the world on fire

I was a teenage anarchist