Well they took you from your 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 mind and body clean
  Save up all your pocket money, nothing is for free
  And you'd better trust your parents cos there's no one else you see
  And then they send you off each day remember what you're told
  "You may think you don't need teaching but you'll need it when you're old"
    And if you're 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 sin
  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 your too thick they'll tell you that you're 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 patriotic pride
    Racism, sexism teacher to class
  From school to work remains the sameare 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 that girls were made for housework and boys were made to fight
  And the naughty pictures on page 3 make everything alright
    And so 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
  But the only thing he cares about is getting to the top
  By conning you with empty words that promise you a lot
  But the end result is slavery to a false set of ideals
  You'll be tempted to believe them cos they'll seem so very real
  The slavery of attitudes that make you keep in line
  Subconsciously devoted to the morals of our time
    And when you end up on the dole which you very likely will
  They'll offer you a brand new trade: Learning how to kill
    Why don't you join the army? Be a man and not a fool
  There's someone else to think for you just like there was at school
    They'll promise you absolution from the murders you'll commit
  In the name of god and country they can get away with it
  They fill you full of orders and promise you rewards
  Like busting up your family by sending you abroad
  A holiday in Germany or Iceland or Hong Kong
  Making money being useless well it seems it can't go wrong
  But then it's off to Northern Ireland where you'll practice what they preached
  You'll shoot to keep yourself alive and kill to keep the peace
  And then it won't be so much fun as you hear the wounded crying
  Cos before they couldn't speak english and you didn't know what they were saying
  But when the children call you "Bastard" it will make you think again
  When you cannot tell the difference between animals and men
    Animals don't wear uniforms but they kill as much as you
  But the army kills for money and animals kill for food
  It's the basest degredation in the name of what is right
  Become something you never were and regret it til you die
    Cos your father will tell you "Sonny, you must do as you are told"
  And you'll say the same thing to your kids when you're 32 years old
  And unless you can react against the brainwash from the start
  Your government will rule your mind and your mind will rule your heart
  You'll conform to every social law and be the system's slave
  From birth to school to work to death, from the cradle to the grave.....