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Billy Bragg : Tooth And Nail 2013

  1. Handyman Blues
  2. I Ain't Got No Home
  3. Your Name On My Tongue

Handyman Blues

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I'm never gonna be the handyman around the house my father was
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So don't be asking me to hang a curtain rail for you, because
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This screwdriver business just gets me confused
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It takes me half an hour to change a fuse
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And when I flicked the switch the lights all blew
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I'm not your handyman Don't be expecting me to put up shelves Or build a garden shed But I can write a song that tells the world How much I love you instead I'm not any good at pottery So let's lose the "T" and just shift back the "E" And I'll find a way to make my poetry Build a roof over our heads
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I know it looks like I'm just reading the paper But these ideas I'll turn to gold dust later 'Cause I'm a writer not a decorator I'm not your handyman
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I Ain't Got No Home

<Woody Guthrie>
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I ain't got no home, I'm just a-roamin' round
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Just a wanderin' worker, I go from town to town
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And the police make it hard wherever I may go
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And I ain't got no home in this world anymore
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No I ain't got no home in this world anymore My brothers and my sisters are stranded on this road A hot and dusty road that a million feet have trod Now the Rich man took my home and drove me from my door And I ain't got no home in this world anymore
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No I ain't got no home in this world anymore
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I was a-farmin' on the shares, and always I was poor
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My crops I lay into the banker's store
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And my wife took down and died upon the cabin floor
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And I ain't got no home in this world anymore
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No I ain't got no home in this world anymore I mined in your mines and I gathered in your corn I been working, mister, since the day that I was born Now I worry all the time like I never did before 'Cause I ain't got no home in this world anymore No I ain't got no home in this world anymore Now as I look around, it's mighty plain to see This world is such a great and a funny place to be Oh, the gamblin' man is rich an' the workin' man is poor And I ain't got no home in this world anymore
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No I ain't got no home in this world anymore

Your Name On My Tongue

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| I heard a bell ringing In tower of last desire Come from small beginnings The living world undone Now it hums that is singing Like words out on the wire They don't like surrender Your name on my tongue Grief was my companion It pushed me like a seed Compass blade at my fool Pointing up to the sun Fear bears a strange courage It's a whole conspiracy The troops kneel down the path Your name on my tongue Your name on my tongue Your name on my tongue Your name on my tongue Get up, get up, fix it up, no time Get up, fix it, fix it up, no time Get up, get up, fix it up, no time Get up, fix it, fix it up, no time 'Cause I'm still in love Yeah, I'm still in love Yeah, I'm still in love With you I've set out a table I've made up my bed The ceiling above my head The floor way down But I've barely been able To hold my own on my peace But I'll never let go Your name on my tongue Your name on my tongue Your name on my tongue Your name on my tongue