Working Class Hero

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As soon as your born they make you feel small
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by giving you no time instead of it all–
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Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
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A Working Class Hero is something to be—
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A Working Class Hero is something to be—

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They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
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They hate you if you’re clever and despise a fool
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Till you’re so f*cking crazy you can’t follow their rules
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A Working Class Hero is something to be—
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A Working Class Hero is something to be—

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When they’ve tortured and scared you for 20– odd years
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then they expect you to pick a career-
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When you can’t really function you’re so full of fear-
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A Working Class Hero is something to be—
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A Working Class Hero is something to be—

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Keep you doped with religon, sex and T.V.
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and you think you’re so clever and classless and free
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but you’re still f*cking peasents as far as I can see
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A Working Class Hero is something to be—
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A Working Class Hero is something to be—

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There’s room at the top I’m telling you still
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but first you must learn how to smile as you kill-
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if you want to be like the folks on the hill
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A Working Class Hero is something to be—
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A Working Class Hero is something to be—
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If you want to be a hero well just follow me—
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If you want to be a hero well just follow me—