I feel for you, you little horror   Safe at your mother’s breast   No lucky break for you around the corner   ‘Cos your father is a bully   And he thinks that you’re a pest   And your sister, she’s no better than a whore      Life seems so rosy in the cradle   but I’ll be a friend, I’ll tell you what’s in store   There’s nothing at the end of the rainbow   There’s nothing to grow up for anymore      Tycoons and barrow boys will rob you   And throw you on the side   And all because they love themselves sincerely   And the man holds a bread-knife   Up to your throat, is four feet wide   And he’s anxious just to show you what it’s for      Your mother works so hard to make you happy   But take a look outside the nursery door   There’s nothing at the end of the rainbow   There’s nothing to grow up for anymore      All the sad and empty faces   That pass you on the street   All running in their sleep, all in a dream   Every loving handshake   Is just another man to beat   How your heart aches just to cut him to the core      Life seems so rosy in the cradle   but I’ll be a friend, I’ll tell you what’s in store   There’s nothing at the end of the rainbow   There’s nothing to grow up for anymore