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Rhythm	9.8
Melody	9.8
Instruments	9.3
Lyrics	10.0
Vocal	10.0
This song has been reviewed 9 times. Overall score for this song, 9.8.

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John Lennon - Working Class Hero Lyrics

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Song details
Title	Working Class Hero
Artist	John Lennon
Album	Plastic Ono Band (1970) , Track 4 , Wonsaponatime (1998) , Track 2 , John Lennon Anthology (1998) , Track 1 , Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon (1998) , Track 18 , Lennon (1990) , Track 11 , Acoustic (2004) , Track 1 , Working Class Hero (2005) , Track 7
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Song lyrics

Send "Working Class Hero" ringtones to your cell

Artist : John Lennon 
Title : Working Class Hero 
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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 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 are 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 
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

Send "Working Class Hero" ringtones to your cell

lyrics submitted by Luigi Lamanna

lyrics corrected by Sierra on 27-12-2007

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06-06-2004 18:12 blue_haze
25 posts	Yes I agree It's a great song!
17-06-2004 17:39 the_champ
33 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Yes, It´s great! The words he´s singing gets right into your heart. And the song give you something to think about.. An ordinary human can be a hero to!
05-07-2004 10:38 Juliet86
13,938 posts	This song is really hypnotic, when I listen to it I get caught in it and notice nothing around me. I love this song !!!!
05-07-2004 12:21 Coombes
1,334 posts	great song... * offtopic : pity john was taken from us when he was, he was just beginning to write great songs again RIP
19-07-2004 15:48 DBZ_chick
2 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Yes. A working class hero is something to be. This song is great and it gives you a lot to think about. And I agree about how John was taken from us. RIP, John.
31-03-2005 11:58 pernillawestman
62 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal applescruff I totally agree this is the best song of john lennon
31-07-2005 00:34 naynay87
13 posts	absolutely amazing...done deal!
03-09-2005 17:02 lennon_fan
3 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Amazing Song. [/offtopic] John was writing again, he was recording an album. John Lennon was the greatist Singer/Song Writer/Political Protester (if thats a word) of the world, Too bad he was taken from us, We will miss you John Lennon!! and Thank you
24-10-2005 22:26 tcass
3 posts	This song is about how at an early age we are programmed by society and culture. John is not celebrating working class heros. He is showing how people are controlled by the programming of culture and society to make them think that being a part of the working class makes them respected heros when in fact they are just being used as pawns.
27-10-2005 21:59 PinkFloyd
26,350 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal This is such a good song, probably my favorite.
22-02-2007 11:05 ThomasJS
9 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal This song, at least the way I see it, is not about avradge joes' being heros. It's talking bout socity's rules and prejudges and how if you don't fit them you are an oucast("They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool"); it also shows it's controll over people "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". It also puts it down with lines like "and you think you're so clever, classles, and free. But you're still fuckin' pesents as far as I can see" and "there's room at the top they are telling you still. but, first, you must learn to smile as you kill; if you wan't to be like to folks on the hill."
23-10-2007 23:35 dizzymisslivvy
4 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal "there's room at the top they are telling you still. but, first, you must learn to smile as you kill" amazing. depressing subject matter, but absolutely beautiful at the same time. i never get tired of this song.
03-12-2007 18:31 santi_monse
4 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Too real.. Amazing song. We miss you John
19-07-2008 17:16 DNA_Maniac
4,823 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Lenon sings you the story, gives you the point to understand this. as far as i cant make a better composition of this subject, i will not even try to. so, shortly: Excellent!