In times gone by your average little boy

would want to be an engine driver

playing with his toy,

But now he plays at football,

he runs with both his feet

and the girl who once made dresses

works as a high powered manager

and holds confrences in Crete.

Never was it more apparent

than in the world of work

how things have turned quite upside down,

We must give ourselves a jerk.

For now we must fight harder

to be noticed, to be heard,

as no longer can we just survive

on the good old printed word.

So as we leave our homes behind

and take our premiere steps,

As we go off to work with actors,

shop assistants, engineers or travel reps.

We see this is the future -

a taste of things to come.

some of us find grey clouds and

some of us find sun.

So now we've had our taster

and know what we might achieve.

We have our role models,

"Oh, we could be like Steve!"

So now we'll back to our lives

with an idea of what's around

but we know we won't get anywhere if

we don't make a sound.

In this life it is quite true

that people don't do things for you,

You have to do them for yourself

‘til, in the end, achieve your wealth.

This can be anything,

Not just jeans or the jewels of Kings

It can be whatever you want,

Just be happy with what you've got.