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Artist: Chumbawamba
Canonical path: /chumbawamba/give-the-anarchist-a-cigarette
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Give The Anarchist A Cigarette
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Give The Anarchist A Cigarette
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<tv changing>
<music>
<tv changing>
Albert! Who?
Bobby! Who?
For god´s sake, burn it down
Nothing ever burns down by itself
every fire needs a little bit of help
Nothing ever burns down by itself
every fire needs a little bit of...
Give the anarchist a cigarette - Cos that´s as close as he´s ever gonna get
Give the anarchist a cigarette - Bobby just hasn´t learned it yet
Give the anarchist a cigarette - The times are changing but he just forgets
Give the anarchist a cigarette - He's gonna to choke on his harmonica Albert
Nothing ever burns down by itself
every fire needs a little bit of help
Nothing ever burns down by itself
every fire needs a little bit of...
Give the anarchist a cigarette - A candy cig for the spoiled brat
Give the anarchist a cigarette - We'll get Albert to write you a cheque
Give the anarchist a cigarette - A he'll be burning up the air in his personal jet
Give the anarchist a cigarette - You know I hate every Popstar that I ever met
Nothing ever burns down by itself
every fire needs a little bit of help
Nothing ever burns down by itself
every fire needs a little bit of...
<instrumental>
Give the anarchist a cigarette
Burn Baby Burn
Burn Baby Bur-Burn
Give the anarchist a cigarette
Burn Baby Burn
Burn Baby Bur-Burn
Give the anarchist a cigarette
Burn Baby Burn
Burn Baby Bur-Burn
Give the anarchist a cigarette
Burn Baby Burn
Burn Baby Bur-Burn
Nothing ever burns down by itself
every fire needs a little bit of help
(repeat 9 times)
Nothing ever burns down by itself
every fire needs a little bit of...
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