They told us no future and that's what we've got 
it don't seem so glamorous now 
our rags turned to rags, we never saw riches 
we lost them somehow 

Less than ordinary bargain baby 
in second hand charity chic 
although they've got nothing still it's worth trying 
to keep cheerful and cheap 

Oh look at you and me 
misfit society 
is this all we were meant to be? 

[Chorus] 
We need a breath of fresh air 
jump off the train to nowhere 

The faceless and nameless wanna be famous 
they've got to be out of their minds 
to crawl on the treadmill all the way up hill 
right to the finishing line 

Reach from the future, tell us we made it 
none of it went to waste 
give us the years, the days and the minutes 
backdated and back paid