will buy you a good education
for where she really came from
If your parents are celebrities
or just plain millionaires
They'll send you off to B -Dales
and they can style your hair
They'll turn you into pop stars,
give you jobs in the music industry.
But whatever happened to the
dirt on England's fingertips
or the kids on the estate
whose parents didn't give a shit?
I thought it was the troubled ones
who wrote the best poetry
and not the kids from private school
Oh, twenty -seven grand a year
will help you to get started
why he signed Jack Mignot, eh?
If money makes the world go round
then we should make some more
You're young and you are beautiful,
And then you could write a song for us
and we'll take you on board
Did you know that Johnny Flynn
was once the leader of his dawg?
But whatever happened to the
dirt on England's fingertips
Or the kids on the estate
whose parents didn't give a shit?
I thought it was the troubled ones
who wrote the best poetry
And not the kids from private school
But I'm mates with all these rich kids
and I'm in their top friends
I'm a big fan of the Maccabees
and I know all the A &R men
It sounds like I'm complaining,
but I couldn't give a toss
I just thought I'd write a song
