Rat Race

You're working at your leisure to learn the things you'll need 

The promises you make tomorrow will carry no guarantee 

I've seen your qualifications, you've got a Ph.D. 

I've got one art O level, it did nothing for me 

Working for the rat race 

You know you're wasting your time 

Working for the rat race 

You're no friend of mine 

You plan your conversation to impress the college bar 

Just talking about your Mother and Daddy's Jaguar 

Wear your political T-shirt and sacred college scarf 

Discussing the worlds situation but just for a laugh 

You'll be working for the rat race 

You know you're wasting your time 

Working for the rat race 

You're no friend of mine 

Working for the rat race 

You know you're wasting your time 

Working for the rat race 

You're no friend of mine 

Just working at your leisure to learn the things you don't need 

The promises you make tomorrow will carry no guarantee 

I've seen your qualifications, you've got a Ph.D. 

I've got one art O level, it did nothing for me 

Working for the rat race 

You know you're wasting your time 

You're working for the rat race 

You're no friend of mine

(The Specials)

La cançó és de 1980, però la lletra és més actual que mai.