Up in the morning and out to school
Mother says there'll be no work next year
Qualifications once the Golden Rule
Are now just pieces of paper
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because you're going forwards
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards
If you look the part you'll get the job
In last year's trousers and your old school shoes
The truth is son, it's a buyer's market
They can afford to pick and choose
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because I dress like this
Doesn't mean I'm a communist
The factories are closing and the army's full -
I don't know what I'm going to do
But I've come to see in the Land of the Free
There's only a future for the Chosen Few
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because you're going forwards
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards
At twenty one you're on to of the scrapheap
At sixteen you were top of the class
All they taught you at school
Was how to be a good worker
The system has failed you, don't fail yourself
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because you're going forwards
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards
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"Someday, Some Morning, Sometime" 7 and 7 Is A Change Is Gonna Come A Change Is Gonna Come [#][*] A Lover Sings A Miner's Life A New England A New England [*] A New England [DVD][Live] A New England [DVD][Live] A New England [DVD][Live][*] A Pict Song Accident Waiting To Happen Accident Waiting to Happen (Red Stars Version) Accident Waiting to Happen [Live] Accident Waiting to Happen [Red Star Live Version]... Accident Waiting to Happen [Red Star Version] Accident Waiting to Happen [Red Star Version] Aginst Th' Law Aginst Th' Law Airline To Heaven All You Fascists All You Fascists Bound to Lose All You Fascists Bound To Lose (Blokes Version) Another Man's Done Gone Another Man's Done Gone At My Window Sad And Lonely At the Dark End of the Street Back To The Old House Back to the Old House [#][*] Back to the Old House [Bonus CD][#] Bad Penny Bad Penny [#][*][Demo Version] Bad Penny(demo) Between The Wars Between the Wars [*] Between the Wars [Bonus CD] Billericay Dickie Birds And Ships Black Wind Blowing Blake's Jerusalem Blake's Jerusalem Blood Of The Lamb Body Of Water Body of Water [DVD][Live][*] Bread & Circuses [*] Bread and Circuses Bread and Circuses Bread And Circuses (Remastered) Brickbat Busy Girl Buys Beauty California Stars Career Opportunities Chasing Rainbows Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto Christ For President Cindy of a Thousand Dreams Cindy Of A Thousand Lives Cindy of a Thousand Lives [#][*][Demo Version] Cindy of a Thousand Lives [DVD][Live][*] Constitution Hill Days Like These Days Like These (D.C. Remix) Days Like These (u.k. Version) Days Like These [D.C. Remix] Days Like These [DC Remix] Days Like These [UK Version] Distant Shore Do Unto Others Dolphins Eisler On The Go England, Half English Everybody Likes You Babe Everybody loves you babe Everywhere Everywhere [Alternative Version][#][*] Farm Boy Farm Boy [Band Version] Farm Boy [Solo Version][*] Fear Is A Man's Best Friend Feed Of Man Fourteenth of February From A Vauxhall Velox From Red To Blue Glad And Sorry Goalhanger Goalhanger [#][*][Demo Version] God's Footballer God's Footballer Goodbye, Goodbye Greetings To The New Brunette Greetings To The New Brunette (Demo Version) Greetings To The New Brunette (Shirley) Greetings to the New Brunette [*] Greetings to the New Brunette [#][*][Demo Version] Greetings to the New Brunette [Bonus CD][#][Demo V... Groove Is in the Heart Handyman Blues He'll Go Down Heart Like a Wheel Heart Like a Wheel Help Save The Youth Of America Help Save the Youth of America [DVD][Live] Help Save the Youth of America [DVD][Live][*] Help Save the Youth of America [Live] Hesitating Beauty Hobo's Lullaby Hold The Fort Hold the Fort [*] Hold the Fort [Bonus CD] Home Honey I'm A Big Boy Now Honey I'm A Big Boy Now Honey,i'm A Big Boy Now Hoodoo Voodoo Hot Rod Hotel I Ain’t Got No Home I Aint Got No Home I Almost Killed You I Almost Killed You [Band Version] I Almost Killed You [Solo Version][*] I Don't Need This Pressure Ron I Don't Need This Pressure Ron I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night I Guess I Planted I Heard It Through the Grapevine [DVD][Live] I Heard It Through the Grapevine [DVD][Live][*] I Keep Faith I Keep Faith [Band Version] I Keep Faith [Solo Version][*] I Was Born Ideology If You Ever Leave If You Ever Leave [Solo Version][*] Ingrid Bergman Internationale Island Of No Return It Must Be A River It Must Be a River [#][*] It Must Be a River [Bonus CD][#] It Says Here January Song Jeane Joe DiMaggio Done It Again Joe Hill Joe Hill [*] King James Version Levi Stubbs' Tears Levi Stubbs' Tears Life With The Lions Like Soldiers Do Like Soldiers Do Like Soldiers Do (Slow Version) Little Time Bomb Love Gets Dangerous Love Gets Dangerous [Alternative Version][Alternat... Love Gets Dangerous [Alternative Version][Alternat... Love Gets Dangerous [DVD][Live] Love Has No Pride Lover's Town Lovers Town Revisited Loving You Too Long Loving You Too Long [#][*] Loving You Too Long [Bonus CD][#] M for Me M for Me [Band Version] M for Me [Solo Version][*] MBH MBH [#][*] Meanest Man Milkman of Human Kindness [*] Mother Of The Bride Moving The Goalposts Mr. Love & Justice Mr. Love & Justice [Solo Version][*] Mr. Love & Justice MrLove & Justice Must I Paint You A Picture Must I Paint You a Picture? [Extended Version][*] Must I Paint You a Picture? [Extended Version][#][... My Flying Saucer My Youngest Son Came Home Today Never Cross a Picket Line Never Had No One Ever New England Nicaragua Nicaraguita No One Knows Nothing Any More No One Knows Nothing Anymore North Sea Bubble North Sea Bubble [#][*][Demo Version] Northern Industrial Town O Freedom O Freedom [Band Version] O Freedom [Solo Version][*] One By One Only Bad Signs Only Bad Signs [#][*] Only Bad Signs [Bonus CD][#] Ontario, Quebec And Me Over You Party of God [*] People Get Ready [DVD][Live][*] Price I Pay Qualifications Qualifications [*] Qualifications [#][*] Raglan Road [Live][*] Raglan Road [Live][#][*] Remember The Mountain Bed Revolution Revolution [*] Revolution [Live] Richard Richard [DVD][Live] Rotting On Remand Rule Nor Reason Rule nor Reason [Live][#][*] Rumours Of War Sailors and Soldiers Scholarship Is The Enemy Of Romance Secret Of The Sea Seven and Seven Is Seven and Seven Is [#][*] Sexuality Sexuality [#][*][Demo Version] Sexuality [DVD][Live][*] She Came Along To Me She Smiled Sweetly She's Got A New Spell She's Leaving Home She's Got A New Spell Ship In My Harbour Shirley Shirley [#] Sin City Sin City [*] Sin City [Bonus CD] Sing Their Souls Back Home Sing Their Souls Back Home [Band Version] Sing Their Souls Back Home [Solo Version][*] Some Days I See The Point Someday, Some Morning, Sometime Something Happened Something Happened [Band Version] Speedway Hero Speedway Hero [#][*] Speedway Hero [Bonus CD][#] St Swithin's Day St. Monday Stetson Kennedy Strange Things Happen Strange Things Happen [Alternative Version][Altern... Strange Things Happen [Alternative Version][Altern... Sugardaddy Sulk Swallow My Pride Take Down The Union Jack Talking Wag Club Blues Talking Wag Club Blues [#][*] Talking Wag Club Blues [Bonus CD][#] Talking With The Taxman About Poetry - Vladimir Ma Tank Park Salute Tank Park Salute [DVD][Live][*] Tank Park Salute [DVD][Live][*] Tears Of My Tracks Tender Comrade Tender Comrade [DVD][Live][*] That's Entertainment That's Entertainment Thatcherites Thatcherites [*] Thatcherites [#][*] The Battle of Barking The Beach Is Free The Boy Done Good The Busy Girl Buys Beauty The Clashing Of Ideologies The Cloth The Cloth (1) [Bonus CD][#] The Cloth (2) [Bonus CD][#] The Cloth [1][#][*][Version] The Cloth [2][#][*][Version] The Few The Few [*][Demo Version] The Fourteenth Of February The Fourteenth of February [*][Demo Version] The Fourteenth of February [#][*][Demo Version] The Fourteeth of February The Guitar Says Sorry The Gulf Between Us [#][*] The Home Front The HomeFront The Internationale The Johnny Carcinogenic Show The Johnny Carcinogenic Show [Solo Version][*] The Last Flight to Abu Dhabi The Last Time The Man in The Iron Mask The Man in the Iron Mask [Alternative Version][Alt... The Man in the Iron Mask [Alternative Version][Alt... The Marching Song Of The Covert Battalions The Marriage The Milkman Of Human Kindness The Myth Of Trust The Only One The Only One [#][*][Demo Version] The Passion The Price I Pay The Price I Pay [#][*][Demo Version] The Price I Pay [DVD][Live][*] The Price I Pay(demo) The Price of Oil The Red Flag The Saturday Boy The Saturday Boy [DVD][Live][*] The Saturday Girl The Short Answer The Space Race Is Over The Space Race Is Over [#][*][Demo Version] The Tatler The Tracks of My Tears [*] The Tracks of My Tears [Bonus CD][#] The Unwelcome Guest The Warmest Room The Warmest Room [DVD][Live][*] The Wolf Covers Its Tracks The Wolf Covers Its Tracks (Live) The World Turned Upside Down There Is Power In A Union There Is Power in a Union [*][Instrumental] There Is Power in a Union [Bonus CD][Instrumental] There Will Be a Reckoning Think Again Think Again This Guitar Says Sorry This Guitar Says Sorry This Guitar Says Sorry [Alternative Version][Alter... This Gulf Between Us This Gulf Between Us [#][*] This Land Is Your Land (U.K. Version) To Have & to Have Not To Have and Have Not To Have And To Have Not To Have and to Have Not [DVD][Live] To Have and to Have Not [DVD][Live][*] To Have and to Have Not [Live] Tomorrow s Going To Be A Better Day Tomorrow's Going To Be a Better Day Tracks Of My Tears Train Train Train, Train Trust Trust [#][*][Demo Version] Upfield Upfield [*][Demo Version] Upfield [#][*][Demo Version] Valentine's Day Is Over Valentine's Day Is Over Waiting for a Train Waiting For The Great Leap Forward Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards - 2011 version Walk Away Renee Walk Away Renee (Version) Walk Away Renee [Version] Walt Whitman's Niece Walt Whitman's Niece Warmest Room [Live] Warmest Room [Live] Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key When the Roses Bloom Again When Will I See You Again? When Will I See You Again? [#][*] Which Side Are You On Which Side Are You On? Which Side Are You On? [*] Which Side Are You On? [Bonus CD] Which Side Are You On? [DVD][Live] Wish You Were Her Wishing The Days Away Wishing The Days Away (Alternate Take) Wishing the Days Away [Alternate Take][#][*] Wishing the Days Away [Ballad Version] Wishing the Days Away [Bonus CD][Alternate Take][#... Wishing the Days Away [DVD][Live] Wishing the Days Away [DVD][Live][*] You Make Me Brave You Make Me Brave [Band Version] You Make Me Brave [Solo Version][*] You Woke Up My Neighborhood You Woke Up My Neighbourhood You Woke up My Neighbourhood [*] Youngest Son Your Name on My Tongue
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