Billy Bragg - To Have & To Have Not Lyrics
Up in the morning and out to schoolMother says therell be no work next yearQualifications once the golden ruleAre now just pieces of paperJust because youre better than meDoesnt mean Im lazyJust because youre going forwardsDoesnt mean Im going backwardsIf you look the part youll get the jobIn last years trousers and your old school shoesThe truth is son, its a buyers marketThey can afford to pick and chooseJust because youre better than meDoesnt mean Im lazyJust because I dress like thisDoesnt mean Im a communistThe factories are closing and the armys full -I dont know what Im going to doBut Ive come to see in the land of the freeTheres only a future for the chosen fewJust because youre better than meDoesnt mean Im lazyJust because youre going forwardsDoesnt mean Im going backwardsAt twenty one youre on to of the scrapheapAt sixteen you were top of the classAll they taught you at schoolWas how to be a good workerThe system has failed you, dont fail yourselfJust because youre better than meDoesnt mean Im lazyJust because youre going forwardsDoesnt mean Im going backwards
