Commonwealth Boys

Don't ever call me a man I'll decide for myself to tell you what I am Don't want to be called a boy know more 'Cause boys fill the trenches in imperialist war Don't ever call me a queen Victorian values just ain't the scene Don't want to be held responsible for you To blame you for the future and the history too We are the Commonwealth boys South African village and Jamaican toys Born to create but trained to destroy And I am a Commonwealth boy Don't ask if I'm a respectable force I'm a ineffectual, intellectual of course You would not up stand a really pretentious fool I became aware in the care of a waitresses' school Don't even call me a friend of the post The fox holes have fallen and the cemeteries closed And I've been slaving down on charity farm Livin' like a socialist with blood on my arm We are the Commonwealth youths From Thunder and Turnside were looking for jobs Born to create but doomed to destroy I am a Commonwealth boy Yeah, don't ever call me a man I'll decide for myself what I am Don't want to be a boy know more 'Cause boys fill the trenches in imperialist war Don't ever call me a queen Victorian values just ain't my scene Don't want to be responsible for you We blame you for the future and the history too Don't ever call me a man I'll decide when my life ends I'm a boy, I'm a boy, don't you tell the fairies I'm a boy, I'm a boy but my mother would not admit it