As soon as you´re born they make you feel amall By giving you no time of at all Until 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 Well 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 fucking crazy you can´t follow their 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 old 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 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 A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be There´s room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn to smile as you kill If you want to be like the folks on the hill A working class hero is something to be Yes 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