Viva La Revolution

Every morning a three-minute boiled egg
And a walk with the dog
Being on time for work
Clocking out on time
Every day in the same direction
Without asking why
Every night the same faces
On the same TV shows
We would never end up like this
We said back then
No desire for this cage
With rules like iron bars
It was a huge outcry
We were against it and never for it
And so that something finally happens
We carved into every damn bathroom door:
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Long live the revolution - there's a life before death
We wanted to change this world
And first went to the hairdresser
Because someone had once said
That appearance was important
And then we threw ourselves into the fight
Like the warriors of Babylon
Everyone believed in something different
Because no one understood anything
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Long live the revolution, long live the revolution
Old Marx would surely be proud of us
And our holy war
Because it was about our freedom
Thank God we won
And today we can choose
Between SPD and CDU
Between RTL and ZDF
For Pepsi or Coke
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Long live the revolution - unfortunately, this 'long live the revolution' was also just opium
Long live the revolution, long live the revolution?