Working Class Hero

[Verse 1]

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

[Refrain]

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be

[Verse 2]

They hurt you at home and they hit you at school

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

'Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules

[Refrain]

And a working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be

[Verse 3]

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

[Refrain]

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be

[Verse 4]

Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV

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

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

[Refrain]

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be

[Verse 5]

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

But first you must learn how to smile as you kill

If you want to be like the folks on the hill

[Refrain]

And a working class hero is something to be

And a working class hero is something to be

[Outro]

If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me

If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me