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‘Working Class Hero.’ John Lennon never wrote truer words. Practically the story of my life, and the song has always resonated with me. Never more so than the past seven years - and then put on turbo speed with COVID-19 - when true colors finally started coming through and all is now being laid bare. Confirming the worst and most cynical inclinations I had harbored about people for the 37 years of my life leading up to that pivotal moment in 2016 when the masks started coming off. And it wasn’t merely political, Trump’s arrival was just the catalyst for this willful betrayal of common sense and decency that has now creeped into nearly all areas of our lives. Trump gave them permission to be their true selves, while others of us were forced to do some hard soul searching and reassess so much of what we once believed. John Lennon wrote these words over 50 years ago, but they are more relevant than ever -
As soon as you're born, they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
'Til 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
'Til 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 20 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
