Anarchy in the U.K.

Sex Pistols

Right now
I am an antichrist
And I am an anarchist
Don't know what I want
But I know how to get it
I want to destroy passerby

'Cause I wanna be anarchy
No dogsbody

Anarchy for the U.K.
It's coming sometime and maybe
I give a wrong time, stop a traffic line
Your future dream is a shopping scheme

'Cause I, I wanna be anarchy
In the city

How many ways to get what you want
I use the best, I use the rest
I use the NME
I use anarchy

'Cause I wanna be anarchy
It's the only way to be

Is this the MPLA?
Or is this the UDA?
Or is this the IRA?
I thought it was the UK
Or just another country
Another council tenancy

I wanna be anarchy
And I wanna be anarchy
Know what I mean?
And I want to be an anarchist
I get pissed, destroy


Lyrics submitted by Kpizzle, edited by mackster9, powerchordpete

Anarchy in the U.K. Lyrics as written by Glen Matlock, John Lydon, Paul Thomas Cook, Stephen Philip Jones

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    i thought this song was making fun of the anarchists, like how noone really knows what they want, and all.

    gabiroxon February 20, 2005   Link

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