Working Class Hero Lyrics - Paula Cole

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 fucking 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 

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 

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