Ex-Teenage Rebel Lyrics

When I asked you to lend me a fiver you said you were already broke
And when I explained you were living in chains you assumed it was some sort of joke
You wanted a job and then got one and learned jokes about sex, Jews, and blacks
Got married to help pay the mortgage, got wound up when you had to pay taxes

What happened to you with your ideas?
What happened to all your hopes and fears?
Ex-Teenage rebel - same old story
Same old story, same old story

When I asked you what you thought of the arms race, asking you who'd gonna win?
You remembered a man on the telly and said 'I agree with him'
You say everything's alright really, you say that I'm just paranoid
You tell me it's always been the same and there's some things I cannot avoid

What happened to you with your ideas?
What happened to all your hopes and fears?
Ex-Teenage rebel - same old story
Same old story, same old story

So what happened to your old opinions? The thoughts that you had for so long?
That inspired a thousand rebellions against what was and still is so wrong
You tell me you used to be 'crazy' and 'paranoid' like I am now
You soon realized 'There was no reason why' so you gave up and soon settled down - settled down

What happened to you with your ideas?
What happened to all your hopes and fears?
Ex-Teenage rebel - same old story
Same old story, same old story

And I tell you that you are the problem, which is why you can't see it no more
The strength of us all could demolish the wall but you chose to walk through the door
You chose to walk through the door, you chose to walk through the door

Living a life of compromise, what you're supporting is what you despised
Was all that you said just a useful disguise? Or was it all just little white lies?
Little white lies
To help you survive
Is there no guilt in your mind?
Is there no guilt in your eyes?
The strength of us all could demolish the wall
The strength of us all could demolish the wall but you chose to walk through the door