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


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Anarchy in the U.K. Lyrics as written by John Lydon Glen Matlock

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    Hehe :) thank you, thank you... you know what, fearandloathinginLV... Punk DOES have a tendency to change peoples lives.

    There's also one more thing I wanna add.. There is a very good reason for punk being bad. When punk started out it wasn't so much about music at all. It was a way to kids express themselves. ANY kids who had things to say. you didn't have to had musical skills, you didn't have to know how to play a guitar or write songs. That's why all real punk songs are those with three chords and simple lyrics. Back then ANYONE who wanted could start a band. That's what punk's about, Taking part. D.I.Y!!!!

    MissNeuroticon March 17, 2008   Link

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