Cover art for Working Class Hero by Roger Taylor

Working Class Hero

Roger Taylor
Track 73 on the lot 

Producers

Roger Taylor & Joshua J Macrae
Sep. 28, 19981 viewer

Working Class Hero Lyrics

As soon as you're born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of at all
Until 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
Well 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 to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill
A working class hero is something to be
Yes a working class hero is something to be
If you want to be a hero then just follow me
If you want to be a hero then just follow me

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the lot (2013)
  1. 1.
    No Violins
  2. 2.
    Laugh or Cry
  3. 3.
    Future Management
  4. 4.
    Let’s Get Crazy
  5. 5.
    My Country I & II
  6. 6.
    Good Times Are Now
  7. 7.
    Magic Is Loose
  8. 8.
    Interlude in Constantinople
  9. 9.
    Airheads
  10. 10.
    Fun in Space
  11. 11.
    Strange Frontier
  12. 12.
    Beautiful Dreams
  13. 13.
    Man On Fire
  14. 14.
    Racing in the Street
  15. 15.
    Masters of War
  16. 16.
    Killing Time
  17. 17.
    Abandonfire
  18. 18.
    Young Love
  19. 19.
    It’s an Illusion
  20. 20.
    I Cry for You (Love, Hope and Confusion)
  21. 21.
    Shove It
  22. 22.
    Cowboys and Indians
  23. 23.
    Contact
  24. 24.
    Heaven for Everyone
  25. 25.
    Stand Up for Love
  26. 26.
    Love on a Tightrope (Like an Animal)
  27. 27.
    Love Lies Bleeding (She Was a Wicked Wily Waitress)
  28. 28.
    Rough Justice
  29. 29.
    Shove It (Extended Mix)
  30. 30.
    On Top of the World, Ma
  31. 31.
    Liar
  32. 32.
    Closer to You
  33. 33.
    Breakdown
  34. 34.
    Penetration Guru
  35. 35.
    Power to Love
  36. 36.
    Sister Blue
  37. 37.
    Foxy Lady
  38. 38.
    Passion for Trash
  39. 39.
    Old Men (Lay Down)
  40. 40.
    Final Destination
  41. 41.
    Bad Attitude
  42. 42.
    New Dark Ages
  43. 43.
    Dirty Mind
  44. 44.
    Baby It’s Alright
  45. 45.
    Ain’t Put Nothin’ Down
  46. 46.
    The Also Rans
  47. 47.
    Millionaire
  48. 48.
    Put It All Down to Love
  49. 49.
    Hand of Fools
  50. 50.
    Life Changes
  51. 51.
    Nazis 1994
  52. 52.
    Happiness
  53. 53.
    Revelations
  54. 54.
    Touch the Sky
  55. 55.
    Foreign Sand
  56. 56.
    Freedom Train
  57. 57.
    You Had to Be There
  58. 58.
    Key
  59. 59.
    Everybody Hurts Sometime
  60. 60.
    Loneliness
  61. 61.
    Dear Mr. Murdoch
  62. 62.
    Old Friends
  63. 63.
    Pressure On
  64. 64.
    A Nation of Haircuts
  65. 65.
    Believe in Yourself
  66. 66.
    Surrender
  67. 67.
    People on Streets
  68. 68.
    The Whisperers
  69. 69.
    Is It Me?
  70. 70.
    No More Fun
  71. 71.
    Tonight
  72. 72.
    Where Are You Now
  73. 73.
    Working Class Hero
  74. 74.
    London Town - C’mon Down
  75. 75.
    One Night Stand
  76. 76.
    Fight Club
  77. 77.
    Be with You
  78. 78.
    Quality Street
  79. 79.
    I Don’t Care
  80. 80.
    Sunny Day
  81. 81.
    Be My Gal (My Brightest Spark)
  82. 82.
    I Am the Drummer (In a Rock n’ Roll Band)
  83. 83.
    Small
  84. 84.
    Say It’s Not True
  85. 85.
    The Unblinking Eye (Abridged)
  86. 86.
    Up
  87. 87.
    Smile
  88. 88.
    I Wanna Testify
  89. 89.
    Turn On the TV
  90. 90.
    My Country (Single Version)
  91. 91.
    Man on Fire (Extended Mix)
  92. 92.
    I Cry for You (Single Remix)
  93. 93.
    Strange Frontier (Extended Mix)
  94. 94.
    I Cry for You (Extended Mix)
  95. 95.
    Two Sharp Pencils (Get Bad)
  96. 96.
    Nazis 1994 (Radio Mix)
  97. 97.
    Nazis 1994 (Kick Mix)
  98. 98.
    Nazis 1994 (Schindler’s Mix)
  99. 99.
    Nazis 1994 (Makita Mix - Extended)
  100. 100.
    Nazis 1994 (Big Science Mix)
  101. 101.
    Foreign Sand (Single Edit)
  102. 102.
    Final Destination
  103. 103.
    Everybody Hurts Sometime (Live at Shephard’s Bush Empire, 1994)
  104. 104.
    Old Friends (Live at Shephard’s Bush Empire, 1994)
  105. 105.
    Pressure On (Single Version)
  106. 106.
    People on Streets (Mashed)
  107. 107.
    Tonight (Dub Sangria)
  108. 108.
    Keep a Knockin’ (Man Utd. Supporters Single)
  109. 109.
    Surrender (Radio Mix)
  110. 110.
    A Nation of Haircuts (Club Cut)
  111. 111.
    London Town C’mon Down (Single Mix)
  112. 112.
    Surrender (Live at Cyber Barn)
  113. 113.
    No More Fun (Live at Cyber Barn)
  114. 114.
    Tonight (Live at Cyber Barn)
  115. 116.
    Woman You’re So Beautiful (Main Mix)
  116. 117.
    Woman You’re So Beautiful (Mad Mix)
  117. 118.
    Woman You’re So Beautiful (Dance Hall Mix)
  118. 119.
    The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) [Single Version]
  119. 120.
    The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) [Almost Completely Nude Mix]
  120. 121.
    Dear Mr. Murdoch (2011)
  121. 122.
    Cowboys and Indians (7" Single Edit)
  122. 123.
    Love Lies Bleeding (She Was a Wicked, Wily Waitress) [Single Remix]
  123. 124.
    Feel the Force
  124. 125.
    Shove It (Metropolix Remix)
  125. 126.
    Shove It (Denniz Pop Remix)
  126. 127.
    Heaven for Everyone (Roger Taylor Vocal)
  127. 128.
    Manipulator (Extended Mix)
  128. 129.
    Manipulator (Single Version)
  129. 130.
    Power to Love (Extended Version)
  130. 131.
    Power to Love (Single Version)
  131. 132.
    In Charge of My Heart (Single Version)
  132. 133.
    Liar (Extended Mix)
  133. 134.
    In Charge of My Heart (Extended Mix)
  134. 135.
    Liar (Single Remix)
  135. 136.
    New Dark Ages (Single Version)
  136. 137.
    Ain’t Put Nothin’ Down (Long Version)
  137. 138.
    Man on Fire (Live)
  138. 139.
    Life Changes (Single Version)
  139. 140.
    Heartland
  140. 141.
    Celebration (Jam Studios Session)
  141. 142.
    I Can Take You Higher (Jam Studios Session)
  142. 143.
    I Can’t Get You Out of My Head (Jam Studios Session)
  143. 144.
    Passion for Trash (Jam Studios Session)
  144. 145.
    Top of the World Ma (Extended Remix)
  145. 146.
    Shove It (US Single Version)
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September 28, 1998
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