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The song "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who is a reflection on the cyclical nature of revolutions and the disappointment in their outcomes.

The lyrics describe a bloody uprising where people fight "in the streets with their children at their feet", seeking to destroy old ideals. Those who came to power ("who spurred us on") condemn the vices of the past, but in the end the situation repeats itself. The lyrical hero, albeit with sarcasm ("I'll tip my hat to the new constitution, take a bow for the new revolution...smile and grin at the change all around"), welcomes the new revolution, realizing that in the end everything will remain the same.

The phrase "We won't get fooled again!" sounds more like a desperate self-deception than a real confidence. The hero sees that history is repeating itself, "the banners of the new war" are already visible, but he clings to the illusory hope of change.

The end of the song sounds bitter irony: "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...". The revolution did not bring real change, the government changed, but the essence remained the same.

We'll be fighting in the streets

With our children at our feet

And the morals that they worship will be gone

And the men who spurred us on

Sit in judgement of all wrong

They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution

Take a bow for the new revolution

Smile and grin at the change all around

Pick up my guitar and play

Just like yesterday

Then I'll get on my knees and pray

We don't get fooled again

The change, it had to come

We knew it all along

We were liberated from the fold, that's all

And the world looks just the same

And history ain't changed

'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution

Take a bow for the new revolution

Smile and grin at the change all around

Pick up my guitar and play

Just like yesterday

Then I'll get on my knees and pray

We don't get fooled again

No, no!

I'll move myself and my family aside

If we happen to be left half alive

I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky

Though I know that the hypnotized never lie

Do ya?

There's nothing in the streets

Looks any different to me

And the slogans are replaced, by the bye

And the parting on the left

Is now the parting on the right

And the beards have all grown longer overnight

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution

Take a bow for the new revolution

Smile and grin at the change all around

Pick up my guitar and play

Just like yesterday

Then I'll get on my knees and pray

We don't get fooled again

Don't get fooled again

No, no!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Meet the new boss

Same as the old boss

— OST Anger Management (cаундтрек к фильму "Управление гневом")

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