They offered me the office, offered me the shop

They said I'd better take anything they 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 opportunity, the ones that never knock



I hate the army and I hate the R.A.F.

I don't wanna go fighting in the tropical heat

I hate the civil service rules

I won't open a letter bomb for you



Career opportunities, the ones that never knock

Every job they offer you is to keep you out the dock

Career opportunity, the ones that never knock



Bus driver, ambulance man

Ticket inspector, I don't understand



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, the ones that never knock

Every job they offer you is to keep you out the dock

Career opportunity, the ones that never knock



Career, career, career

And I'm never gonna knock