National Service:
Born in a city of tower blocks
Alcatraz without the rocks
Sent to overcrowded schools
Beaten up if you broke the rules
And our mothers sit and cry
Cos they know were gonna die
We beat the boredom with slimming pills
Go to the seaside in stolen wheels
Bunk offschool every other day
If we get caught they make us pay
So we watch out for the boys in blue
You never know whose watching you
Soldiers wearing pin-stripe suits
Want us to march in marching boots
Army life they say is fun
Clear the streets of all the young
We want you to go to war
And kill another countrys poor
We are the class who fight their wars
Sometimes stael from department stores
You know the kids that their kind hates
Cos we live on council estates
So they`ve invented a new state game
Playing soldiers is the name
Born in a city of tower blocks
Alcatraz without the rocks
Sent to overcrowded schools
Beaten up if you broke the rules
And our mothers sit and cry
Cos they know were gonna die
We beat the boredom with slimming pills
Go to the seaside in stolen wheels
Bunk offschool every other day
If we get caught they make us pay
So we watch out for the boys in blue
You never know whose watching you
Soldiers wearing pin-stripe suits
Want us to march in marching boots
Army life they say is fun
Clear the streets of all the young
We want you to go to war
And kill another countrys poor
We are the class who fight their wars
Sometimes stael from department stores
You know the kids that their kind hates
Cos we live on council estates
So they`ve invented a new state game
Playing soldiers is the name