I went to school and I studied   And I got my G.C.E.    My City and Guilds and my Sky Diary   But it didn't do me no good   They didn't like my looks,   I burnt my books   25 years doesn't matter anymore   I stand around the streets   I lie around the floor   looking at the sky    I watch the world go by      I started out one day   And I worked in a factory   My mind went blank,   I needed a battery   Didn't do me no good   I got the sack,   My work was slack      25 years, 25 years, 25 years…      'Cause 25 years doesn't matter anymore   I stand around the streets   And lie around the floor   Looking at the sky   I watch the world go by   They say there's life up there in the galaxy   The world's in collision   There's people with an allergy   25 years of social reform   Ain't gonna make me change or make me conform   25 years, 25 years, 25 years,   25 years of social research and      25 years, 25 years, 25 years…