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Working class hero

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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
a working class hero is something to be
a working class hero is something to be.

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
a working class hero is something to be
a working class hero is something to be.

When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years
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
a working class hero is something to be.

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
a working class hero is something to be
a working class hero is something to be.

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 be like the folks on the hill
a working class hero is something to be
a working class hero is something to be.

If you want to be a hero well just follow me
if you want to be a hero well just follow me.
una canción de John Lennon, incluida en su primer álbum solista John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1971)

El tema es interpretado por John, acompañándose exclusivamente con una guitara acústica y muestra un estilo muy influenciado por la estética de Bob Dylan.

En su momento, la canción fue cuestionada por incluir la palabra "fucking" ¡dos veces! Tanto es así que un miembro de la Cámara de Representantes de USA intentó impedir su difusión radial. Si bien esto no prosperó legalmente, algunos medios se negaron a reproducirla y en Australia, el disco se lanzó eliminando el tema.

Hace pocos años, el grupo, Green Day realizó un cover del tema para Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur.

publicado originalmente en junio del 2007 en Vagabundia

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