Enemy of the System Lyrics

You used to hear a lot about him
Threw it down and made them listen
And he never cared a damn what the papers say
But suddenly the scene he trusted
Turned him off he got disgusted
I heard he turned his back
I heard he walked away
You see he never played the victim
And no-one dared to contradict him
At least they never said it to his face


It was '79 in london town
National front was going down
The checkerboard army ruled from coast to coast
For 20 years he carried that flag
From war to war
But what hurt him bad
Was that he found out people cared about the money most
And all the vultures
Who call themselves fans
Were never able to understand
That he was just an enemy of the system

The years roll by
The man is gone
In other worlds maybe he soldiers on
And now they realize he's the one they miss the most
Let's hear it from the fair-weather friends
Who knew him well - they like to pretend -
But we all know that that's just an empty boast
And when they write upon his stone
They'll have to say he did it on his own
He was just an enemy of the system

He was just an enemy of the system...