John Lennon Working Class Hero Lyrics

Working Class Hero Lyrics

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

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 fucking crazy you can't follow their rules
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

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

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