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
   A working class hero is something to be
  
   They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
   They hate you if your clever and they despise a fool
   Till you're so fucking crazy you can't fallow 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 20 odd 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 wit 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 how to smile as you kill
   If you want to be like the folks on the hill
   A working class hero is something to be
   If you want to be a hero just follow me
   If you want to be a hero well just follow me