I'm Working Class
I’ve never been afraid to speak my mind
I’m not unique there’s more of my kind
I’ve always stood up for what I thought was right
And never stood down from a stand up fight
I’ve always worked hard and kept my pride
Life for my kind has never been an easy ride
And it breaks my heart to see the way
They’re treating the workers of today
The union has lost a lot of its powers
While the Yuppies are increasing in their ivory towers.
‘Cause I’m working class I’m proud of my roots
With my flat peaked cap and my steel toed boots
My donkey jacket and my socks in rags
My daily paper and my packet of fags
Oh it’s time we started to stem the tide
And close forever the North South divide
But we weren’t divided when we answered your cause
And lost millions of people in your blood wars
Now you’ve taken our jobs Christ help the young
What a legacy for our daughters and sons
They’re condemned to a life of signing on the dole
Or doing a YTS learning how to dig a bloody hole
Instead of giving them a job that would set them up for life
And cut them free from poverty and free from all that strife
Because they’re working class they’re proud of their roots
With my flat peaked cap and my steel toed boots
My donkey jacket and my socks in rags
My daily paper and my packet of fags
But there will come a time and it won’t be long
When me and my kind will sing a freedom song
And we’ll sing it with our brothers universally
And praise the Polish people of Solidarity
And we’ll stand by any man who fights apartheid
And condemn any man who practices genocide
And get all the governments to deliver human rights
And the common working man can see an end in sight
And we’ll make this planet a happy place to bide
And get the people working give them back their pride
Because we’re working class and proud of their roots
With my flat peaked cap and my steel toed boots
My donkey jacket and my socks in rags
My daily paper and my packet of fags
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