Take pity on two-tone Eddie
His hair was never right
He used to be cool with a glint in his eye
But he lost it overnight
The spinning world is changing things are rearranging 
But Eddie says to me
Nothing wrong with the way it was
That's way it's meant to be
Up the revolution
We're all prepared to die
Up the revolution 
That was the battle cry
There's gonna be hell
Hell to pay
There's gonna be hell
Hell to pay
Eddie was a die-hard rebel
In the good old days of way back when
A cigarette was cool and all the kids in school
Could read and count to ten
Everyone said he had a future bright
Of that there was no doubt
He never could make us understand 
What the rebellion was all about
Up the revolution
We're all prepared to die
Up the revolution 
That was the battle cry
There's gonna be hell
Hell to pay
There's gonna be hell
Hell to pay
Two-tone Eddie drew up battle plans
For making love not war
Everybody laughed at the fighting in the street
From behind a guarded door
It came to nothing when it all went down
And the band began to play
Another plan, put your head in the sand
Live to fight another day
Up the revolution
We're all prepared to die
Up the revolution 
That was our battle cry
There's gonna be hell
Hell to pay
There's gonna be hell
Hell to pay
It's a dirty business 
It's a crying shame
You blink your eye 
And all the laws have changed
They draw you in
You hear a siren call
Build you up
So they can see you fall
You've seen it all before
Been there since time began
You know what's coming next
Everything gets out of hand
It's a dirty business 
It's a crying shame
You blink your eye 
And all the laws have changed
They say the vulture 
Is a bird of prey No-one told me 
It would come this way
You've seen it all before
Been there since time began
You know what's coming next
Everything 
Everything gets out of hand