You talk about your revolution, well, thatand's fine
but what are you going to be doing come the time?
are you going to be the big man with the tommy-gun?
will you talk of freedom when the blood begins to run?
well, freedom has no value if violence is the price
donand't want your revolution, i want anarchy and peace
You talk of overthrowing power with violence as your tool
you speak of liberation and when the people rule
well ainand't it people rule right now, what difference would there be?
just another set of bigots with their rifle-sights on me
But what about those people who donand't want your new restrictions?
those that disagree with you and have their own convictions?
you say theyand've got it wrong because they donand't agree with you
so when the revolution comes youand'll have to run them through
you say that revolution will bring freedom for us all
well freedom just ainand't freedom when your backand's against the wall
You talk of overthrowing power with violence as your tool
you speak of liberation and when the people rule
well ainand't it people rule right now, what difference would there be?
just another set of bigots with their rifle-sights on me
Will you indoctrinate the masses to serve your new regime?
and simply do away with those whose views are too extreme?
transportation details could be left to british rail
where zyklon b succeeded, north sea gas will fail
itand's just the same old story of man destroying man
weand've got to look for other answers to the problems of this land
You talk of overthrowing power with violence as your tool
you speak of liberation and when the people rule
well ainand't it people rule right now, what difference would there be?
just another set of bigots with their rifle-sights on me
Vive la revolution, people of the world unite
stand up men of courage, itand's your job to fight
It all seems very easy, this revolution game
but when you start to really play things wonand't be quite the same
your intellectual theories on how itand's going to be
donand't seem to take into account the true reality
cos the truth of what youand're saying, as you sit there sipping beer
is pain and death and suffering, but of course you wouldnand't care
Youand're far too much of a man for that, if mao did it so can you
whatand's the freedom of us all against the suffering of the few?
thatand's the kind of self-deception that killed ten million jews
just the same false logic that all power-mongers use
so donand't think you can fool me with your political tricks
political right, political left, you can keep your politics
government is government and all government is force
left or right, right or left, it takes the same old course
oppression and restriction, regulation, rule and law
the seizure of that power is all your revolutionand's for
you romanticise your heroes, quote from marx and mao
well their ideas of freedom are just oppression now
Nothing changed for all the death, that their ideas created
itand's just the same fascistic games, but the rules arenand't clearly stated
nothingand's really different cos all governmentand's the same
they can call it freedom, but slavery is the game
Nothing changed for all the death, that their ideas created
itand's just the same fascistic games, but the rules arenand't clearly stated
nothingand's really different cos all governmentand's the same
they can call it freedom, but slavery is the game
thereand's nothing that you offer but a dream of last years hero
the truth of revolution, brother...is year zero.
