Stop living your life for the alarm 

that wakes you up every day at eight 

leave your Peugeot on the forecourt 

it's all too much for you to take 

your girlfriend don't love you but still she slaves 

to make a home for you to stay 

the people above you they keep you held down 

the boys, the boys you'd love to make 



leaning on your fence when you told me 

you were gonna make lots of money 

be a princess, diamonds and *cigarettes*

rolling out the carpet to regrets 

now you're not so young it's too easy 

to be a dreamer, wake up and be free 

your clock is ticking fast friend, believe me 

you only get one chance, can you hear me 



it's not OK to be this way 

it's not OK to be a slave 



stop living your life for a man in a tie 

he's just a fool the same as you 

his daughter don't love him but still he slaves 

to make a way for her to choose 

her teenage dreams are here today 

but in the morning they'll be gone 

washed away by the minimum wage 

the same, the same as everyone 



leaning on your fence when you told me 

you were gonna make lots of money 

be a princess, diamonds and cigarettes 

rolling out the carpet to regrets 

now you're not so young it's too easy 

to be a dreamer, wake up and be free 

your clock is ticking fast friend, believe me 

you only get one chance, can you hear me 



it's not OK to be this way 

it's not OK to be a slave 



leaning on your fence when you told me 

you were gonna make lots of money 

be a princess, diamonds and cigarettes 

rolling out the carpet to regrets 

now you're not so young it's too easy 

to be a dreamer, wake up and be free 

your clock is ticking fast friend, believe me 

you only get one chance, can you hear me 



it's not OK to be this way 

not OK to be this way 

not OK to be this way 

not OK to be a slave 

to be a slave 

to be a slave



                          Thanks to stuartclark42@hotmail.com for these lyrics