Stiff Little Fingers - Wasted life

^AI could be a soldier, go out there and fight to save this ^Gland ^ABe a people's soldier, paramilitary gun in ^Ghand ^AI won't be a soldier, I won't take no orders from no ^Gone ^AStuff their fuckin' armies, killing isn't my idea of ^Gfun

And they wanna ^Ewaste my ^Alife, they wanna ^Ewaste my ^Atime They wanna ^Ewaste my ^Alife and they've ^Gstolen ^Dit a^Away

^AI could be a hero, live and die for their important ^Gcause ^AA united nation or an independent state with ^Glaws And ^Arules and regulations that merely cause disturbances and ^Gwars And ^Athat's what I have got now all thanks to the freedom seeking ^Ghoards

And they wanna ^Ewaste my ^Alife, they wanna ^Ewaste my ^Atime They wanna ^Ewaste my ^Alife and they've ^Gstolen ^Dit a^Away

^F#I'm not gonna be ^Etaken in, they ^F#said if I don't join I ^Ejust can't win I've ^F#heard that story many ^Etimes before and ^F#every time I've thrown it ^G#out the door

^AStill they come up to me, with a different name and same old ^Gface ^AI can see the connection with another time and another ^Gplace No they ^Aain't blond haired or blue eyed but they think that they're the master ^Grace They're ^Anothing but blind fascists, brought up to hate and given lives to ^Gwaste

And they wanna ^Ewaste my ^Alife, they wanna ^Ewaste my ^Atime They wanna ^Ewaste my ^Alife and they've ^Gstolen ^Dit a^Away, what they wanna do

They wanna ^Ewaste my ^Alife, they wanna ^Ewaste my ^Atime They wanna ^Ewaste my ^Alife and they've ^Gstolen ^Dit a^Away