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Liverpool Football Poet (working class hero by john lennon)

toby jones

Friday, January 2nd, 2004

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 You sit in the lessons yawn and grow bored
With the clock slowly turning behind the chalkboard
And you skip past the verses that tell you loudly
A Liverpool football poet’s not something to be

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 So you ask if the words that you wrote can be read
But the teacher ignores you and then says instead
That the national curriculum will always decree
A Liverpool football poet’s not something to be

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 So you turn from the days where your mind starts to prey
And listen instead to the dreams come your way
As you follow Dalglish and leave those who believe
A Liverpool football poet’s not something to be

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 You go the games and you stand on The Kop
You cheer for the reds and you sing all the songs
And you promise yourself as you walk back down the street
A Liverpool football poet is what you will be

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 So the school is a prison from which you escape
And try to make right with each new mistake
Until you find with your words the way to be free
A Liverpool football poet is something to be

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 A Liverpool football poet is the best poet to be.

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 (c) tobyjones 2nd january 2004

Notes

(c) tobyjones 2nd january 2004

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/liverpool-football-poet-working-class-hero-by-john-lennon/