Dropkick Murphys

Career Opportunites

Dropkick Murphys


The 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? 
(no fuckin' way) 
Career opportunities 
are the ones that never knock 
Every job they offer you is 
to keep you out the dock 
Career opportunity,

the ones that never knock.
I hate the army an' 
I hate the Cambridge Police.
I don't wanna go fighting in
the tropical heat 
I hate the civil service rules 
And I won't open letter bombs 
for you 
Career opportunities 
are the ones that never knock Every job they offer you is to keep you out the dock Career opportunity, 
the ones that never knock.
Oi Oi Oi, 
Carney Givens, 
Arthur McGilvrey, 
Bobby Linchsky
They'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 choice 
Career opportunities
are the ones that never knock 
Every job they offer you 
is to keep you out the dock 
Career opportunity,
the ones that never knock.
Careers, Careers, Careers... 
Ain't never gonna knock.