When your girlfriend asks you 'round to her house 
And you meet her folks
and they say that your hair's too long 
And you're not their kind of bloke
they grab you by the collar 
And they throw you through the door:
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

Well, you're working very hard
To get promotion in your job
But arrive late on morning
Just because you mist the bus
the foreman say you're fired
Because you punctualities poor
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

Then you go into a hotel 
To get put up for the night
and they say that you can't stay there 
just because your shirt aint white
you're tired and you hungry 
And you cannot walk no more
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

Ain't no money, ain't no woman
Ain't no roof above your head
So you lay down in the park
And you wish that you were dead
The fuzz says you are trespassing
And kicks you in the jaw
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

The fuzz says you are trespassing 
And kicks you in the jaw
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war
You don't have to be ..........
