Marilyn Manson

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

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renathon On Dec 30, 2001

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

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2001-12-30 00:22:50

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by Nowhereman

21y ago

I love both of them, they are almost two seperate songs.

Lennon's version is sung by a man resigned to his fate without the ability to be really pissed about it anymore. He understands all the shit going on but can't get outraged, its just a fact that life works like this.

Manson isn't resigned to this fate, he's pissed! A very angry version of it, making the song his own.

I don't know if i prefer either, i just think they suit different moods.

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by cptchipjew

23y ago

Just to make this clear to everybody. John Lennon wrote this. So don't give Manson any credit.

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by poisonXedge

23y ago

true, john lennon might have written it, but marilyn manson did it better.

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by Philadelphia Eagles

21y ago

hahahhahahha poisonXedge, Manson has shit all over this song. John Lennon is much better.

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by River Wolf

21y ago

Both John Lennon and Marilyn Mansons's version of this song kick ass. Personally I prefers Manson's version but I'm also a die hard Manson fan and I prefer this style of music although i do really like John Lennon and the the Beatles.