Don't ever call me a man

I'll decide for myself to tell you what I am

Don't want to be called a boy know more

'Cause boys fill the trenches in imperialist war Don't ever call me a queen

Victorian values just ain't the scene

Don't want to be held responsible for you

To blame you for the future and the history too We are the Commonwealth boys

South African village and Jamaican toys

Born to create but trained to destroy

And I am a Commonwealth boy Don't ask if I'm a respectable force

I'm a ineffectual, intellectual of course

You would not up stand a really pretentious fool

I became aware in the care of a waitresses' school Don't even call me a friend of the post

The fox holes have fallen and the cemeteries closed

And I've been slaving down on charity farm

Livin' like a socialist with blood on my arm We are the Commonwealth youths

From Thunder and Turnside were looking for jobs

Born to create but doomed to destroy

I am a Commonwealth boy Yeah, don't ever call me a man

I'll decide for myself what I am

Don't want to be a boy know more

'Cause boys fill the trenches in imperialist war Don't ever call me a queen

Victorian values just ain't my scene

Don't want to be responsible for you

We blame you for the future and the history too Don't ever call me a man

I'll decide when my life ends

I'm a boy, I'm a boy, don't you tell the fairies

I'm a boy, I'm a boy but my mother would not admit it