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                              As soon as you're born they make you feel small  
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                              By giving you no time instead of it all 
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                              Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all 
                                

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                                A working class hero is something to be 
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                                A working class hero is something to be 
                                

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                              They hurt you at home and they hit you at school 
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                              They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool 
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                              Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules 
                                

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                                A working class hero is something to be 
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                                A working class hero is something to be 
                                

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                              When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years 
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                              Then they expect you to pick a career 
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                              When you can't really function you're so full of fear 
                                

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                                A working class hero is something to be 
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                                A working class hero is something to be 
                                

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                              Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV 
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                              And you think you're so clever and classless and free 
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                              But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see 
                                

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                                A working class hero is something to be 
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                                A working class hero is something to be 
                                

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                              There's room at the top they are telling you still 
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                              But first you must learn how to smile as you kill 
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                              If you want to be like the folks on the hill 
                                

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                                A working class hero is something to be 
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                                A working class hero is something to be 
                                

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                              If you want to be a hero well just follow me 
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                              If you want to be a hero well just follow me