Well they took you from your mother's womb and put
you in a school Told you how to run your life by
following the rules Told you not to pick your nose
or disrespect the queen Scrub your teeth three
times a day keep mind and body clean Save up all
your pocket money, nothing is for free And you'd
better trust your parents cos there's no one else
you see And then they send you off each day
remember what you're told "You may think you
don't need teaching but you'll need it when you're
old"

And if you're too intelligent they'll cut you down
to size They'll praise you til you're happy then
they'll fill you full of lies Cos intelligence is
threatening and genius is sin If you could ever
see through them they know they'd never win

So they channel your ability into the right
direction If you're good enough and rich enough
you can be a politician On the other hand if your
too thick they'll tell you that you're lazy
They'll put you down and wind you up until it
drives you crazy

They'll say you ought to learn a trade to help you
in your life Success is written in three parts: A
job, a house, a wife They'll say that school
prepares you for the awesome world outside Well it
certainly gives you bigotry and patriotic pride

Racism, sexism teacher to class From school to
work remains the sameare you white and middle
class?

You'll learn that bad men dress in black and good
men dress in white And the pamphlets in the
playground say that's right And that girls were
made for housework and boys were made to fight And
the naughty pictures on page 3 make everything
alright

And so from school to the outside world these
morals you will take And unless you can reject
them you'll have your mind at stake

They'll give you a decision when you get to 18,
too The right to vote for someone else who says he
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getting to the top By conning you with empty words
that promise you a lot But the end result is
slavery to a false set of ideals You'll be tempted
to believe them cos they'll seem so very real The
slavery of attitudes that make you keep in line
Subconsciously devoted to the morals of our time

And when you end up on the dole which you very
likely will They'll offer you a brand new trade:
Learning how to kill

Why don't you join the army? Be a man and not a
fool There's someone else to think for you just
like there was at school

They'll promise you absolution from the murders
you'll commit In the name of god and country they
can get away with it They fill you full of orders
and promise you rewards Like busting up your
family by sending you abroad A holiday in Germany
or Iceland or Hong Kong Making money being useless
well it seems it can't go wrong But then it's off
to Northern Ireland where you'll practice what
they preached You'll shoot to keep yourself alive
and kill to keep the peace And then it won't be so
much fun as you hear the wounded crying Cos before
they couldn't speak english and you didn't know
what they were saying But when the children call
you "Bastard" it will make you think
again When you cannot tell the difference between
animals and men

Animals don't wear uniforms but they kill as much
as you But the army kills for money and animals
kill for food It's the basest degredation in the
name of what is right Become something you never
were and regret it til you die

Cos your father will tell you "Sonny, you
must do as you are told" And you'll say the
same thing to your kids when you're 32 years old
And unless you can react against the brainwash
from the start Your government will rule your mind
and your mind will rule your heart You'll conform
to every social law and be the system's slave From
birth to school to work to death, from the cradle
to the grave.....