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 you're clever and they despise a fool
Till you're so 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 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
[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/working-class-hero-lyrics-john-lennon.html ]
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still 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
A working class hero is something to be
If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me
If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me
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Alex P Holt
You seem to have missed a couple of 'F' words before the words 'crazy' (I think) and peasants (definitely). At the risk of being family unfriendly, I have to say, John Lennon would not have appreciated censorship. He was a champion of the freedom to live in happiness, with unrestricted expression and liberation of the mind.
hotbanger
the good thing is lenon died a hero.
Spartan Sniper
Green day messed up the song and again i don't understand why this song ONLY gets 4 stars
rosemurray
While the Lennon version is definitive, don't discount Ozzie Osborne's cover of this tune. I like to listen to it all day while delivering mail and parcels....
dks-wannabe
i never head the one whit john lennon. but i hafe head green day vison of the song. and it is pretty good
headbangmusic
love the cover by green day