Name: A New England
Duration: P00H02M38S
Description: This song was just me messing about with electronics again. My first instinct for this Billy Bragg song was to punk it up a bit, but as my good friend and old drummer DW once suggested, sometimes it’s more fun to do the opposite of what’s expected.

A New England

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This song was just me messing about with electronics again. My first instinct for this Billy Bragg song was to punk it up a bit, but as my good friend and old drummer DW once suggested, sometimes it’s more fun to do the opposite of what’s expected.

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I was twenty one years when I wrote this song
I'm twenty two now, but I won't be for long
People ask when will you grow up to be a man
But all the girls I loved at school
Are already pushing prams

I loved you then as I love you still
Tho I put you on a pedestal,
They put you on the pill
I don't feel bad about letting you go
I just feel sad about letting you know

I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new England
I'm just looking for another girl

I loved the words you wrote to me
But that was bloody yesterday
I can't survive on what you send
Every time you need a friend

I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
Is it wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care

I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new England
I'm just looking for another girl

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from Cover Lover, released September 7, 2012
Written by Billy Bragg

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