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 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're 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 (x 6)
If you want to be a hero well just follow me
If you want to be a hero well just follow me
Green Day will contribute a cover of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" to the forthcoming CD
Instant Karma:
The Campaign To Save Darfur, proceeds from which help support Amnesty International's campaign to focus attention
on the urgent catastrophe in Darfur, Sudan.
Working Class Hero was released on May 1, 2007 and is available
for purchase through
iTunes. The full
album, Instant Karma, will be released June 12, 2007.
"Working Class Hero," which appears on Lennon's 1970 album
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, is considered one of the former Beatle's most overtly political songs, with its themes
of class and social alienation.
Green Day will be making a video for the single and will be directed by Sam
Bayer. Sam also directed all the American Idiot music videos. Shooting for
the video is expected to begin the week of April 30th.
The first single off the album, #9 Dream, was recorded by R.E.M. You can
find a link to the song below.
Green Day will contribute a cover of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" to the forthcoming CD
Instant Karma:
The Campaign To Save Darfur, proceeds from which help support Amnesty International's campaign to focus attention
on the urgent catastrophe in Darfur, Sudan.
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