Billy Bragg : Brewing Up With Billy Bragg

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It says here that the unions will never learn

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And it says here that the economy is on the upturn

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And it says here we should be proud that we are free

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And our free press reflects our democracy

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Those braying voices on the right of the house

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Echo down the street of shame

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Where politics mix with bingo and tits

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In a money and numbers game

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Where they offer you a feature on stockings and suspenders

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Next to a call for stiffer penalties for sex offenders |

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| It says here that this year's prince is born And it says here "do you ever wish that you were better informed?" And it says here that we can only stop the rot With a large dose of law and order and a touch of the short sharp shock Is this does not reflect your view you must understand That those who own these papers also own this land And they'd rather you believe in Coronation Street capers In the war for circulation, it sells newspapers Would it be an infringement of the freedom of the press To print pictures of women in states of undress? |

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When you wake up to the fact that your paper is Tory

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Just remember there are two sides to every story |

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I'll never forget the first day I met her

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That September morning was clear and fresh

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The way she spoke and laughed at my jokes

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And the way she rubbed herself against the edge of my desk She became a magic mystery to me and we'd Sit together in double history twice a week And some days we'd walk the same way home And it's surprising how quick a little rain can clear the streets

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We dreamed of her compared our dreams

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But that was all that I ever tasted

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She lied to me with her body you see

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And I lied to myself 'bout the chances I wasted The times we were close were few and far between In the darkness of the dances of the school canteen Did she close her eyes as I did when we held each other tightly? And la-la-la-la la-la-la-la la means I love you She danced with me and I still hold that memory soft and sweet And eyes stared out the window as I walked down her street But I never made the first team, I just made the first team laugh And she never came to the phone, she was always in the bath In the end it took me a dictionary To find the meaning of unrequited While she was giving herself for free At a party to which I was never invited I never understood my failings then And I hide my humble hopes now Thinking back, she made us want her A girl not old enough to shave her legs

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Digging all day and digging all night

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To keep my foxhole out of sight

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Digging into dinner on a plate on my knees

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The smell of damp webbing in the morning breeze

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Fear in my stomach, fear in the sky

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I eat my dinner with a weary eye

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After all this it won't be the same

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Messing around on Salisbury Plain

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Pick up your feet, fall in, move out

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We're going to a party way down South

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Me and the Corporal out on a spree

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Damned from here to eternity

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I can already taste the blood in my mouth

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We're going to a party way down south

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I hate this flat land, there's no cover

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For sons and fathers and brothers and lovers

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I can take the killing, I can take the slaughter

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But I don't talk to Sun reporters

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I never thought that I would be

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Fighting fascists in the Southern Sea

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I saw one today and in his hand

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Was a weapon that was made in Birmingham

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Pick up your feet, fall in, move out We're going to a party way down South Me and the Corporal out on a spree Damned from here to eternity I can already taste the blood in my mouth We're going to a party way down south

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I wish Kipling and the Captain were here

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To record our pursuits for posterity

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Me and the Corporal out on a spree

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Damned from here to eternity

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Capo:

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Thinking back now

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I suppose you were just stating your views

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What was it all for?

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For the weather or the battle of Agincourt?

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And the times that we all hoped would last

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Like a train they have gone by so fast

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And though we stood together at the edge of the platform

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We were not moved by them With my own hands When I make love to your memory It's not the same I miss the thunder I miss the rain And the fact that you don't understand Cast a shadow over this land But the sun still shines from behind it Thanks all the same But I just can't bring myself to answer your letters It's not your fault But your honesty touches me like a fire The Polaroids that hold us together Will surely fade away Like the love that we spoke of forever On St. Swithin's Day

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Blues eyes fighting the grey eyes fighting the tears

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Armed to the teeth for a war of words

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Reaching all the years

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I advanced across a poppy field

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I saw the gleam as you raised your shield

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And love screamed down

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With the sun behind its back

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Our fathers were all soldiers

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Shall we be soldiers too?

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Fighting and falling like soldiers do Nothing is clear in this tactical unclear war I can't be bothered to find out What we are fighting for No one can win this war of the senses I see no reason to drop my defences So stand fast my emotions Rally round my shaking heart Our fathers were all soldiers Shall we be soldiers too? Fighting and falling like soldiers do Blue eyes fighting the grey eyes fighting the tears Armed to the teeth for a war of words Reaching all the years I advanced across a poppy field I saw the gleam as you raised your shield And love screamed down With the sun behind its back I knew once again I was under attack So stand fast my emotions Rally round my shaking heart Our fathers were all soldiers Shall we be soldiers too?

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Fighting and falling like soldiers

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Fighting and falling like soldiers

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Fighting and falling like soldiers do

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You and I are victims of a love

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That lost a lot in the translation

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When I think of all the time that I spent

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Sitting on the edge of your bed in anticipation

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Of you giving in and us living in sin A hot day, the smell of hairspray And the sound of a shower running softly It's things like this that remind me how I felt The first time you came back for coffee The way you took it, amazed me

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Walking in the park, kissing in the dark

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And my head against your pillow

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Late at night a lover sings

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Adam and Eve are finding out all about love

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I say Adam and Eve are finding out all about love There is no real substitute For a ball struck squarely and firmly And you're the kind of girl who wants to Open up the bottle of pop Too early in the journey Our love went flat just like that It doesn't matter the colour of the car But what goes on beneath the bonnet Is there a flag that flies above your heart And is my name writ there upon it Wedding cake and toothache Equals love and pain

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Walking in the park kissing on the carpet

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And your tights around your ankles

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Late at night a lover thinks of these things

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Adam and Eve are finding out all about love

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I say Adam and Eve are finding out all about love

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Adam and Eve are finding out all about

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Adam and Eve are finding out all about

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Teresa and Steve are finding out all about love

Billy Bragg : Brewing Up With Billy Bragg
1984

It Says Here

The Saturday Boy

Island Of No Return

St Swithin's Day

Like Soldiers Do

A Lover Sings

Billy Bragg : Brewing Up With Billy Bragg 1984

It Says Here

The Saturday Boy

Island Of No Return

St Swithin's Day

Like Soldiers Do

A Lover Sings

Billy Bragg : Brewing Up With Billy Bragg
1984