As soon as you're born they make you feel small <br />By giving you no time instead of it all <br />Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all <br />A working class hero is something to be <br />A working class hero is something to be <br />They hurt you at home and they hit you at school <br />They hate you if your clever and they despise a fool <br />Till you're so fucking crazy you can't fallow their rules <br />A working class hero is something to be <br />A working class hero is something to be <br />When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years <br /><br />Then they expect you to pick a career <br />When you can't really function you're so full of fear <br />A working class hero is something to be <br />A working class hero is something to be <br />Keep you doped wit religion and sex and TV <br />And you think you're so clever and classless and free <br />But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see <br />A working class hero is something to be <br />A working class hero is something to be <br />There's room at the top they are telling you still <br />But first you must learn how to smile as you kill <br />If you want to be like the folks on the hill <br />A working class hero is something to be <br />If you want to be a hero just follow me <br />If you want to be a hero well just follow me