Luyện nghe bài hát From The Cradle To The Grave

Well they took you from your mother's and put you in a school
Told you how to run life by following the rules
Told you not to pick nose or disrespect the queen
Scrub your teeth three times a day keep mind and clean
Save up all pocket money, nothing is for free
And you'd trust your parents cos there's no one else you see
And they send you off each day remember what you're told
"You may think you need teaching but you'll need it when you're old"

And if too intelligent they'll cut you down to size
They'll praise you til you're happy then fill you full of lies
Cos is threatening and genius is sin
If you could see through them they know they'd never win

So they channel ability into the right direction
If you're good enough and rich enough you can be a
On the other hand if your too thick they'll tell you that you're
They'll put you down and wind you up it drives you crazy

They'll say you ought to learn a trade to help you in life
is written in three parts: A job, a house, a wife
They'll say that school prepares you for the world outside
Well it certainly gives you bigotry and pride

Racism, sexism to class
From school to work the sameare you white and middle class?

You'll that bad men dress in black and good men dress in white
And the pamphlets in the say that's right
And that girls were for housework and boys were made to fight
And the pictures on page 3 make everything alright

And so from school to the outside these morals you will take
And unless you can reject them have your mind at stake

give you a decision when you get to 18, too
The right to vote for someone who says he cares for you
But the only he cares about is getting to the top
By conning you with empty words promise you a lot
But the end result is slavery to a set of ideals
You'll be tempted to believe them cos they'll so very real
The slavery of attitudes make you keep in line
Subconsciously devoted to the of our time

And when you end up on the dole which you likely will
They'll offer you a new trade: Learning how to kill

Why don't you the army? Be a man and not a fool
There's someone else to think for you just there was at school

They'll promise you absolution from the you'll commit
In the of god and country they can get away with it
They you full of orders and promise you rewards
busting up your family by sending you abroad
A holiday in Germany or or Hong Kong
Making money useless well it seems it can't go wrong
But then it's off to Northern Ireland where you'll practice they preached
You'll shoot to keep yourself alive and kill to the peace
And then it won't be so fun as you hear the wounded crying
Cos before they couldn't speak english and you didn't know what they were
But when the children call you "Bastard" it will you think again
you cannot tell the difference between animals and men

Animals wear uniforms but they kill as much as you
But the army kills for money and kill for food
It's the basest degredation in the name of is right
Become something you never were and it til you die

Cos your father will you "Sonny, you must do as you are told"
And you'll say the same thing to kids when you're 32 years old
And unless you can react against the brainwash from the
Your government will rule your mind and your mind rule your heart
conform to every social law and be the system's slave
From birth to school to work to death, the cradle to the grave.....