Nummer één Muziekmuseum: John Lennon – Working Class Hero

Het heeft even geduurd maar hier is ie dan, mijn nummer één uit mijn muziekmuseum waar voor ik door Gerard Bergkamp ben genomineerd. Het was even dubben, wikken en wegen maar ik heb uiteindelijk gekozen voor John Lennon met zijn prachtige “A working class hero”. Op de ochtend nadat hij was doodgeschoten hoorde ik dit geweldige en rake nummer na het nieuws van zeven uur op mijn wekkerradio aangekondigd door Felix Meurders op het toemalige Hilversum 3. Daarnaast is het nog steeds actueel‪#‎talentontwikkeling‬.

John Lennon – Working Class Hero

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