| Born into a certain life
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| You’ll only roll a one
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| Lucky to even hold the thing
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| Before the chance is gone
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| You’re Bransholme or you’re Manor Top
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| You’re Old Kent Road or same
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| Quickly learn in life, playing on this board
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| You’ll never reach Park Lane
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| And we knew a decent holiday
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| Was something out of reach
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| When they drove us to the pub carpark
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| And told us, 'That's the beach'
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| Born into a better class
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| That only rolls a two
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| A slightly lighter accent and
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| A slighter better shoe
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| Those shoes are walking on thin ice
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| Though you hold a decent job
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| Looking at this dump, one financial slump
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| Straight back on the rob
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| She said she felt luckier
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| Than all the stars above
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| But she wouldn’t stop the scratchcards
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| As we laid and made sweet love
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| And you’ll never find no wizardry at state school (State school)
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| That’s a very early lesson that they teach (That they teach)
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| Unless you’re holding magic wand, you’ll only roll a one
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| The good life’s out of reach, the good life’s out of reach…
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| Just a shade more lucky
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| Is the family right next door
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| Usually, they’ll roll a three
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| Occasionally a four
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| Their parents went to grammar school
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| And they did just the same
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| Wait till they are rich, pay the mortgage off
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| Leave for leafy lane
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| You can tell the car they’ll leave in
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| The keys don’t leave their hands
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| And head-to-toe in Lycra
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| The sort of day they’ve planned
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| And you’ll never find no wizardry at state school (State school)
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| That’s a very early lesson that they teach (That they teach)
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| Unless you’re holding magic wand, you’ll only roll a one
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| The good life’s out of reach, the good life’s out of reach…
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| Miles out in the country
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| Plus a couple up their drive
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| The kind of family who never seem
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| To roll less than a five
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| If good luck ain’t inherited
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| And it don’t drop from the sky
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| Usually it’s gained stomping on the heads
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| Of folk like you and I
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| School motto writ in Latin
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| That we can’t understand
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| Is 'Not unless your parents
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| Can cough up 50 grand'
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| And you’ll never find no wizardry at state school (State school)
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| That’s a very early lesson that they teach (That they teach)
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| Unless you’re holding magic wand, you’ll only roll a one
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| The good life’s out of reach, the good life’s out of reach…
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| Further down path, nestling on moat
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| Are the family who are the reason we vote
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| They don’t judge holiday by sun, sea, or sand
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| But if the peasants are selling up land
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| 'Cause the only good trip fit for postcard home
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| Is from a beach you actually own
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| They’ve got the drawbridge up when the taxman’s in town
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| To other families, they only look down
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| And you’ll never find no wizardry at state school (State school)
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| That’s a very early lesson that they teach (That they teach)
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| Unless you’re holding magic wand, you’ll only roll a one
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| The good life’s out of reach, the good life’s out of reach…
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| And the lucky dice you’re holding, they ain’t lucky (Lucky)
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| If the numbers on the dice, they ain’t the same (Ain't the same)
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| If the dice ain’t got a six, there’s really no quick fix
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| It ain’t a level game, it ain’t a level game… |