Working Class Hero - Marianne Faithfull: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Marianne Faithfull

Working Class Hero

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Rock

Working Class Hero was released on January 1, 1979 by Universal-Island Records Ltd. as a part of the album Broken English

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OVERVIEW

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Faithfull

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

John Lennon

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Ed Thacker

Mixing Engineer

Mark Miller Mundy

Mark Miller Mundy

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be

[Verse 3]

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

[Verse 4]

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be

[Verse 5]

When they've tortured and scared you for twenty-odd years

And then they expect you to pick a career

But you really can't function, you're so full of fear

[Verse 6]

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be

[Verse 7]

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

[Verse 8]

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be

[Verse 9]

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 live like the folks on the hill

[Verse 10]

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be

Written by: John Lennon

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