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Up in the morning and out to school |
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Mother says there'll be no work next year |
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Qualifications once the golden rule |
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Are now just pieces of paper |
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Just because you're better than me |
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Doesn't mean I'm lazy |
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Just because you're going forwards |
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Doesn't mean I'm going backwards |
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If you look the part you'll get the job |
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In last year's trousers and your old school shoes |
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The truth is, son, it's a buyer's market |
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They can afford to pick and choose |
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Just because you're better than me |
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Doesn't mean I'm lazy |
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Just because I dress like this |
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Doesn't mean I'm a communist |
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The factories are closing and the army's full |
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I don't know what I'm going to do |
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But I've come to see in the Land of the Free |
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There's only a future for the chosen few |
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Just because you're better than me |
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Doesn't mean I'm lazy |
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Just because you're going forwards |
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Doesn't mean I'm going backwards |
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At twenty one you're on top of the scrapheap |
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At sixteen you were top of the class |
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All they taught you at school was how to be a good worker |
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The system has failed you, don't fail yourself |
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Just because you're better than me |
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Doesn't mean I'm lazy |
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Just because you're going forwards |
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Doesn't mean I'm going backwards |