Thursday, September 13, 2007

The Real Heroes

I just saw the next video for the first time. It is called "Working Class Hero" by Green Day:




The drama in Darfur, the events from last Sunday in Donostia and this video reminded me that there is a lot still to do in order for justice to prevail in our world.

If you liked the video, well, here you have the lyrics to the song:

Working Class Hero
Green Day

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 ------- 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 ------- 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 all the folks on the hill
A working class hero is something to be
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

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1 comment:

  1. Thanks for the video link, I haven't seen it before either. I liked Green Day's version of a song which has long been one of my favourites. You can hear a snippet of John Lennon singing right near the end, he wrote it.

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