David Rovics "I'm A Better Anarchist Than You" Live

I'M A BETTER ANARCHIST THAN YOU

• Written and performed by David Rovics http://www.davidrovics.com
• Recorded at the Radical Routes Co-Operatives Conference gig at Conway Hall, London, UK, on Sat 23 May 09.
• Streaming audio and free MP3 download http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6265106
• "David Rovics: Lay-offs, empty highways and songs of inspiration", 23 May 09 interview http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=17923

I don't drive a car
'cause they run on gas
but if I did
it'd run on biomass
I ride a bike
or sometimes a skateboard
so fuck off all you drivers
and your yuppie hordes
sitting all day
in the traffic queues
I'm a better anarchist than you

I don't eat meat
I just live on moldy chives
or the donuts that I found
in last week's dumpster dives
look at you people in that restaurant
I think you are so sad
when you coulda been eating bagels
like the ones that I just had
I think it is a shame
all the bourgeois things you do
I'm a better anarchist than you

I don't wear leather
and I like my clothes in black
and I made a really cool hammock
from a moldy coffee sack
I like to hop on freight trains
I think that is so cool
it's so much funner doing this
than being stuck in school
I can't believe you're wearing
those brand new shiny shoes
I'm a better anarchist than you

I don't have sex
and there will be no sequel
because heterosexual relationships
are inherently unequal
I'll just keep moshing
to Rancid and the Clash
until there are no differences
in gender, race or class
all you brainwashed breeders
you just haven't got a clue
I'm a better anarchist than you

I don't believe in leaders
I think consensus is the key
I don't believe is stupid notions
like representative democracy
whether or not it works
I know it is the case
that only direct action
can save the human race
so when I see you in your voting booths
then I know it's true
I'm a better anarchist than you

I am not a pacifist
I like throwing bricks
and when the cops have caught me
and I've taken a few licks
I always feel lucky
if I get a bloody nose
because I feel so militant
and everybody knows
by the time
the riot is all through
I'm a better anarchist than you

Source: http://lyricwiki.org/David_Rovics:I%27m_A_Better_Anarchist_Than_You

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