Now this is a story it goes like this
Bout how I became a famous anarchist
It'll just take a minute, so use your head
I'll tell you all about how I became the Emma they call "Red"
I
n east Lithuania born and raised
In the ghetto is where I spent most of my days
In poverty, no property, the czar was so cruel
So I went to Germany to go to prep school
When my father called up, said "you're tying the knot"
And I was not so happy with my lot
I packed up my bags 'cuz my dad was a dork
And I went with my sister to go live in New York

In Haymarket Square they were having a strike
When someone threw a bomb it turned into a fight
If anything I could say the riot changed me
'Cause now I was saying "Word up, ANARCHY!"

I was opposed to the draft in the First World War
So J. Edgar Hoover gave me the ol' what-for
He got me deported to somewhere real far
Where else would he send me but the USSR