| Now he wanted to fly all those big aeroplanes | |
| Trans-continental and back home again | |
| But his brain, it was grounded | |
| His head could not cope | |
| No qualifications, no reasons for hope | |
| They told him the right way to fasten his tie | |
| Beat him for laughing and never said why | |
| They left his for dead when the results came through | |
| And still never asked what he wanted to do | |
| No qualifications so late in the day | |
| We've screwed you up, well, now you make your own way | |
| Now to label your trousers and label your shoes | |
| If you don't wear nothing then label that too | |
| No qualifications, you are the time born | |
| If you wanna succeed you better get some qualifications | |
| So late in the day | |
| We've screwed you up, well, now you make your own way |