They offered me the office, offered me the shop
They said I'd better take anything they'd got
Do you wanna make tea at the BBC?
Do you wanna be, do you really wanna be a cop?Career opportunities, the ones that never knock
Every job they offer you is to keep you out the dock
Career opportunities, the ones that never knockI hate the army and I hate the RAF
I don't wanna go fighting in the tropical heat
I hate the civil service rules
I won't open letter bombs for youCareer opportunities, the ones that never knock
Every job they offer you is to keep you out the dock
Career opportunities, the ones that never knockOi!
Bus driver
Ambulance man
Ticket inspector, I don't understandThey're gonna have to introduce conscription
They're gonna have to take away my prescription
If they wanna get me making toys
If they wanna get me, well I got no choiceCareer opportunities, the ones that never knock
Every job they offer you is to keep you out the dock
Career opportunities, the ones that never knockCareer, career
Career, it ain't never gonna knock
Songwriters
JOE STRUMMER, MICK JONES, PAUL SIMONON, TOPPER HEADONPublished by
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