Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards - Billy Bragg

It may have been camelot for jack and jacqueline But on the che guevara highway filling up with gasoline Fidel castro’s brother spies a rich lady who’s crying Over luxury’s disappointment So he walks over and he’s trying To sympathise with her but he thinks that he should warn her That the third world is […]

The Short Answer - Billy Bragg

Between marx and marzipan in the dictionary there was mary Between the deep blue sea and the devil that was me If ever anyone could help me with my obsession with The young suzannah york It was mary In my pink pyjamas she asked me for something I gave her the short answer She read […]

The Only One - Billy Bragg

Sometimes when you lose your way to me I think you don’t care at all If you don’t get here soon I’ll tear that clock down from the wall Your family and friends don’t understand They treat me so strange The book you said to read Well i have read but nothing’s changed The clocks […]

Life With The Lions - Billy Bragg

I hate the arsehole i become Every time i’m with you You know you’ve got me on the run But let me make it clear to you It’s taken two fools such as we To make love deaf, dumb and blind Now you’re upset ‘cos i can’t read your mind love You’re upset cos i […]

Valentine’s Day Is Over - Billy Bragg

Some day boy you’ll reap what you’ve sown You’ll catch a cold and you’ll be on your own And you will see that what’s wrong with me Is wrong with everyone that You want to play your little games on Poetry and flowers pretty words and threats You’ve gone to the dogs again and i’m […]

Rotting On Remand - Billy Bragg

I stood before the judge that day As he refused me bail And i knew that i would spend my time Awaiting trial in jail I said there is no justice As they led me out of the door And the judge said, "this isn’t a court of justice, son This is a court of […]

Little Time Bomb - Billy Bragg

One of them’s off her food And the other one’s off his head And both of them are off down the boozer To drink a toast To the one that he hates most And she says there are no winners, only losers Well if there are no winners Then what is this he thinks As […]

The Price I Pay - Billy Bragg

My friend said she could see no way ahead And i was probably better off without you She said to face up to the fact that you weren’t coming back And she could make me happy like you used to But i’m sorry to say i turned her away Knowing everything she said was true […]

Tender Comrade - Billy Bragg

What will you do when the war is over, tender comrade When we lay down our weary guns When we return home to our wives and families And look into the eyes of our sons What will you say of the bond we had, tender comrade Will you say that we were brave As the […]

Must I Paint You A Picture - Billy Bragg

It’s bad timing and me We find a lot of things out this way And there’s you A little black cloud in a dress The temptation To take the precious things we have apart To see how they work Must be resisted for they never fit together again If this is rain let it fall […]