You're walking down the street with all your pockets empty
Hold on to money, you haven't a chance
If you're carryin', some bugger rolled ya
Try to make a bloody cry

You're hanging on by the skin of your teeth
And I don't believe you've got a hope
They're kicking the earth from under your feet
Just pull yourself together and say, you haven't a chance
Haven't a chance

Out with the girlfriend, just a tiny quiet night
But you find a bonnie, you haven't a chance
You'll get her pregnant, marry her or have to pay
What's the bloody difference

Try to get a job, you're lying through your back teeth
He's fiddling with his tie, you haven't a chance
He looks you up and down, treats you like a scumbag
What's the bloody use of it

Haven't a chance
You haven't a chance

On the job creation, treated like a schoolkid
Planting bloody trees, you haven't a chance
In the longer line, waiting for the handout
With all the other animals, you haven't a chance
Too many rats are running in the rat race
Trying to kick you in the head, you haven't a chance
They cut your legs off, arms off, feet gone
Head gone, dole off, you haven't a chance
Read the paper, get yourself a trade
You'll have to join the army, you haven't a chance
You'll go to Ireland and get bloody shot dead
Not bloody likely

You're walking down the street with all your pockets empty
Hold on to money, you haven't a chance
If you're carryin', some bugger rolled ya
Try to make a bloody cry, you haven't a chance
Out with the girlfriend, just a tiny quiet night
But you find a bonnie, you haven't a chance
You'll get her pregnant, marry her or have to pay
What's the bloody difference, you haven't a chance
Try to get a job, you're lying through your back teeth
He's fiddling with his tie, you haven't a chance
He looks you up and down, treats you like a scumbag
What's the bloody use of it, you haven't a chance
On the job creation, treated like a schoolkid
Planting bloody trees, you haven't a chance
In the longer line, waiting for the handout
With all the other animals, you haven't a chance
Too many rats are running in the rat race
Trying to kick you in the head, you haven't a chance
They cut your dole off