IN BUTTERCUP CLASS WE SMILE
(Robb Johnson)

Ben’s dad’s out of prison, Ben can’t sleep at night,
Ben gets so excited, he wets the bed with fright,
He’ll come to love his daddy in a little while;
REFRAIN
It’s the ropes and the rules of big-boy school
But in Buttercup Class we smile,
In Buttercup Class we smile.


Wayne’s dad went to the post office to get some cash for beer;
He took his shotgun with him, now he’s looking at ten years;
And Mum sees Wayne just like him, in a little while;


Kylie’s mum says Daljit’s mum is a junkie and a whore,
Now there’s men going round with baseball-bats
and petrol poured through doors;
And someone’s in for serious grief, in a little while;


And April saw them break in, and what they did to mummy;
Rajan saw the bad man stick his knife in uncle’s tummy;
And he just knows his uncle won’t be back in a little while;


These green and pleasant gardens I played in as a child,
The winter came and turned them all to stone…….
All to stone…….


Jobs turned into benefits, and booze turned into dope,
Homes turned into bedsits, and the shops ran out of hope;
But you do your best nonetheless, for a little while;
And despite the ropes and the rules of big-boy school,
In buttercup class we smile…


So will they learn the hard way, like their dads and mums,
How much Father Christmas never really comes?
Well I hope they may remember, for a little while:
Despite the ropes and the rules of big-boy school
In Buttercup Class we smiled.

(Repeat final refrain.)

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