[00:12.635]Up in the morning and out to school
[00:15.624]Mother says there'll be no work next year
[00:18.623]Qualifications once the Golden Rule
[00:21.630]Are now just pieces of paper
[00:24.629]Just because you're better than me
[00:28.141]Doesn't mean I'm lazy
[00:30.883]Just because you're going forwards
[00:34.121]Doesn't mean I'm going backwards
[00:49.281]If you look the part you'll get the job
[00:52.540]In last year's trousers and your old school shoes
[00:55.533]The truth is son, it's a buyer's market
[00:58.533]They can afford to pick and choose
[01:01.784]Just because you're better than me
[01:04.782]Doesn't mean I'm lazy
[01:08.030]Just because I dress like this
[01:11.041]Doesn't mean I'm a communist
[01:26.986]The factories are closing and the army's full -
[01:29.987]I don't know what I'm going to do
[01:32.720]But I've come to see in the Land of the Free
[01:35.719]There's only a future for the Chosen Few
[01:38.969]Just because you're better than me
[01:41.965]Doesn't mean I'm lazy
[01:45.230]Just because you're going forwards
[01:48.235]Doesn't mean I'm going backwards
[02:03.599]At twenty one you're on to of the scrapheap
[02:06.607]At sixteen you were top of the class
[02:09.621]All they taught you at school
[02:10.811]Was how to be a good worker
[02:12.564]The system has failed you, don't fail yourself
[02:15.562]Just because you're better than me
[02:18.823]Doesn't mean I'm lazy
[02:21.761]Just because you're going forwards
[02:25.010]Doesn't mean I'm going backwards

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