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This decision, this disdain of politics, has stayed with me to this day. So how does a disdain of politics and a Clash song jibe with a repeatedly-reiterated anti-Americanism? text I'm getting to that, honest. One of the things that Shelley's piece today started me contemplating was text how my feelings on individuality differ from the ones she expresses so well, and how imagining myself as a contrarian (if text people-loving) curmudgeon all these years has molded my life. When I think about it, lyrics from another song bubble up into my mind, and I suppose they express the root of my feeling as well as anything else : I thought thought that I could find a way To beat the system To make a deal and have no debts to pay I'd take it all take it all I'd run away Me for myself first class and first rate But all that you have is your soul Here I am waiting for a better day A second chance A little luck to come my way A hope to dream a hope that I can sleep again And wake in the world with a clear conscience and clean hands 'Cause all that you have is your soul All my life, I've fashioned myself as the Outsider, the exile, the individual, rugged or otherwise.
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