Your Place in Society
The private school boy wears his blazer
His pimples are scraped by a razor
He’s learning his place in society
Just as a priest practices piety.
What a clever fellow he is
One day he’ll take over daddy’s biz
He’s learning his place in society
Just as a priest practices piety.
The poor kid wears a Nirvana T-shirt
It’s at the point where he can’t feel hurt
He’s learning his place in society
Just as a priest practices piety.
Last went to school when he was ten
Gets to see his mother now and then
He’s learning his place in society
Just as a priest practices piety.
Schools, prisons and the TV
Train us all how we should be
Slotting us into our place in society
While the drunken priest feigns sobriety.
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