Working Class Hero

As soon as you're born they make you feel small

By giving you no time instead of it all

Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be



They hit you at home and hit you at school

They hate you if you're clever and despise a fool

Till you're so fucking crazy you can follow the rules

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be



When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years

Then they expect you to pick a career

When you can't really function, you're so full of fear

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be



Keep you doped with religion, sex and TV

And you think you're so clever and classless and free

But you're still fucking peasants as far as I could see

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be



There's room at the top they're telling you still

But first you must learn how to smile when you kill

If you want to be like the folks on the hill

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be



If you want to be a hero then just follow me

If you want to be a hero then just follow me