Just because you're going forwards
I don't know what I'm going to do
In last year's trousers and your old school shoes
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
The factories are closing and the army's full
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
If you look the part you'll get the job
The system has failed you, don't fail yourself
Just because you're going forwards
All they taught you at school was how to be a good worker
There's only a future for the chosen few
But I've come to see in the Land of the Free
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards
Just because I dress like this
Just because you're better than me
Just because you're going forwards
Doesn't mean I'm a communist
At twenty one you're on top of the scrapheap
At sixteen you were top of the class
Qualifications once the golden rule
Just because you're better than me
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards
The truth is, son, it's a buyer's market
Are now just pieces of paper
They can afford to pick and choose
