Circle Roy Harper

I had to pass all of my exams
The old man said I had to be the best one
I had to do this and I had to do that
They really kept me under constant pressure
'And why aren't you the captain of the cricket team?'
'Why aren't you the genius of the class?'
'It's about time you pulled your socks up, me lad
Otherwise you'll get a rude awakening'
I had to be this and I had to do that
I really had to try and be a someone
And they all tried to make a someone out of me
And never saw that I could only be me
The worst thing about the system is the system
And if I was to be successful now
They'd all turn round and say:

'Eeee Mother, that's our lad there, look
He's a good lad'
'Aye he's a good lad'
'He's got forty-eight million in the bank now, aye
Aye he's a good lad.'
'But I always knew he had it in him, you know
I always knew he had it in him, I said so. Eeee I was right. Eeee I was right'

'But Dad, I came away from you
I came away from everything the whole of that scene stood for-
I mean you remember all those heroes you wanted me to be?
All those engine drivers I had to be?
I tell you there was only one thing I could have been and that was me. Yeah but you know, oh well'