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I've seen it all before,
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Revolution at my back door,
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Well whose to say it won't happen all again.
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Cos the General's sip bacardi, while the privates feel the pain.
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They talk from the screen and T.V. tube.
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They talk revolution like it's processed food.
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They talk of anarchy from music hall stages,
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Look for change in colour supplement pages.
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They think that by talking from some distant tower,
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That something might change in the structure of power.
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They dream, they dream, never walk on the street.
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They dream, they dream, never stand on their feet.
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I've seen it all before,
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Revolution at my back door,
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Well whose to say it won't happen all again.
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Cause the General's sip bacardi, while the privates feel the pain.
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Alternative values were a fucking con.
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They never really meant it when they said "Get it on".
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They really meant, "Mine, that's mine", can't you see?
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They stamped on our heads so that they could be free.
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They formed little groups, like rich mans ghettoes,
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Tending their goats and organic tomatoes.
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While the world was being fucked by fascist regimes,
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They talked of windmills and psychedelic dreams.
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I've seen it all before,
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Revolution at my back door,
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Well whose to say it won't happen all again.
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Cause the General's sip bacardi, while the privates feel the pain.
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