Vocals and acoustic guitar: Stuart Coy
Bass: Edward Payne
Produced by Stuart Coy / VLC Studios FL USA
Co-produced with Eric Laws / New Orleans LA USA
ericlaws.comericlaws.bandcamp.com
Coy Records 2020
Photo by Jonathan Traviesa / layout Stuart Coy
(audio released under license)
Written and originally performed by John Lennon
lyrics
As soon as you're born, they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
'Til the pain is so big you'll feel nothing at all
A working class hero is something to be
They hurt you at home, they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
'Til you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules
A working class hero is something to be
When they've tortured and scared you for 20-odd years
And 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
Keep you doped with religion, 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
There's room at the top they are telling you still
But first you must learn to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill
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