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they took you from you mother's womb
and put you in a school
told you how to run your life by following the rules
told you not to pick your nose or disrespect the queen
scrub your teeth three times a day keep your mind and body clean
save all your pocket money nothing is for free
and you'd better trust your parents cos there's no one else you see
and when they send you off each day remember what your told
"you may think you don't need teaching but you'll need it when your old"
and if your too intelligent they'll cut you down to size
they'll praise you til you're happy then they'll fill you full of lies
cos intelligence is threatening and genius is in
if you could ever see through them they know they'd never win
so they channel your ability into the right direction
if you're good enough and rich enough you can be a politician
on the other hand
if you're too think
they'll tell you that your lazy
they'll put you down
and wind you up
until it drives you crazy
they'll say you ought to learn a
trade to help you in your
life success is written
in three parts a job a
house a wife they'll say that
school prepares you for the
awesome world outside well
it certainly gives you
bigotry
and a patriotic pride
racism sexism teacher to class
from school to work remain the same are you white and middle class?
you'll learn that bad men dress in
black and good men dress in
white and the pamphlets in the
playground say that's right and the
girls were made for housework
boys were made to fight and
naughty pictures on page 3
make everything alright
from school to the outside world these morals you will take
and unless you can reject them you'll have your mind at stake
they'll give you a decision when you get to 18 too
the right to vote for someone else who says he cares for you