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Billy Bragg ~ To Have And To Have Not


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 more free lyrics

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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