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They were fighting for their civil rights |
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We were raising hell on motorbikes |
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Then someone shouted anarchy |
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We all got up to dance |
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We answered revolutions call |
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Drove the politicians up the wall |
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But I guess we knew that it would end |
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When we outgrew the cause |
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Everything has changed, nothing stays the same |
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The fashion thing was all the rage |
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With bristles studs and razor blades |
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Our parents thought that we were mad |
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We'd totally lost control |
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It was anti this and anti that |
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But still they fed us all that crap |
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About God, the Queen, the flag |
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It was still worth dying for |
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Everything has changed, nothing stays the same |
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Now we stand for king and queen |
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And all of life's desires |
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Two kids, a wife, surburbia and an XR3 on hire |
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Now we sing 'God save the queen' |
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With a lot more of tradition |
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We gladly stand and fall in line |
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And forget the things we'd written |
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The spirit I can still recall |
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When I heard it in the record store |
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The songs that broke the barriers down |
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And gave us back our youth |
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Freedom was our battle cry |
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We swore we'd live or else we'd die |
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And change the world a little bit |
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While we still had the time |
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Everything has changed, nothing stays the same |
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Every generation comes of age |
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And settles for the same old ways |
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The rebel song is handed down to |
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New champions of the cause |
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But we always will remember when |
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Those magic days of us and them |
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Before we all grew up and moved away |
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Everything has changed, nothing stays the same |
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Now we stand for king and queen |
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And all of life's desires |
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Two kids, a wife, surburbia and an XR3 on hire |
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Now we sing 'God save the queen' |
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With a lot more of tradition |
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We gladly stand and fall in line |
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And forget the things we'd written |
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-Solo- |
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Everything has changed, nothing stays the same |
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Now we stand for king and queen |
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And all of life's desires |
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Two kids, a wife, surburbia and an XR3 on hire |
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Now we sing 'God save the queen' |
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With a lot more of tradition |
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We gladly stand and fall in line |
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And forget, forget |