I Was a Teenage Anarchist

I was a teenage anarchist Looking for revolution I had the style, I had the ambition 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 revolution Do you remember When you were young and you wanted to set the world on fire? 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 With freedom as their 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? Do you remember When you were young and you wanted to set the world on fire? 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 deity 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? Do you remember When you were young and you wanted to set the world on fire? When you were young and you wanted to set the world on fire When you were young and you wanted to set the world on fire I was a teenage anarchist I was a teenage anarchist I was a teenage anarchist I was a teenage anarchist