BOYS

We're here in school today to get a perfect education,

Yes, we're going up.

We're keen to learn the rules and laws that civilization taught us

Yes, we're growing up.

Not for ourselves, B

but for the whole world were we born.

And we were born in Liverpool.



Our teachers say that ignorance will always drag us down,

It's like a nagging cough.



SHANTY (thrown away)

But I can say that looking back,

The most important thing I found was sagging off!

Not for the whole world.

But for yourself were you born.

And you were...



SHANTY and BOYS

Born in Liverpool.



BOYS

Not Birmingham

Nor Edinburgh.

Not Manchester

Or Sunderland.



SHANTY

Being born where you were born

Carries with it certain responsibilities.



BOYS

This school is good for us.



SHANTY

This school is only good for those

Who want to learn from books.



You'll lose your sense of purpose...



BOYS

But we dare not answer back,

We're scared of teacher's looks.

Not for ourselves,

But for the whole world were we born.

And we were born in Liverpool.



SHANTY

Not Coventry



HEADMASTER

Or Solihull.



BOYS

Not Scarborough



SHANTY

Nor Inverness.

Being born where you were born

Carries with it certain responsibilities.



HEADMASTER

Walk in single file out of the classroom,

Down the stairs and into the playground.



BOYS

Through the school gates,

Cross the road, and over the cemetery fence,

Down the hill to where the grave-stones

Lie inviting in the sun.



Settle down.

Settle down.

Let the afternoon slip by.