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

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 crazy you can't follow their rules

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

Keep you d**ed with religion and s*x and TV

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

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

There's room at the top they are 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

If you want to be a hero

Well

Just follow me