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
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 [bad word] crazy you can't follow [bad word] working class hero is something to be

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
working class hero is something to be

Keep you doped with religion and  and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still [bad word] peasants as far as I can see
working class hero is something to be

There's room at the top they're 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

working class hero is something to be
If you want to be a hero well just follow me