New England

(billy bragg)

I was twenty-one years when i wrote this song

I'm twenty-two now, but i won't be for long

People ask me when will i grow up to understand

Why the girls i knew at school are already pushing prams

I loved you then as i love you still

Though i put you on a pedestal, you put me 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

Are you 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

It's 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

Are you looking for another girl

My dreams were full of strange ideas

My mind was set despite the fears

But other things got in the way

I never asked that boy to stay

Once upon a time at home

I sat beside the telephone

Waiting for someone to pull me through

When at last it didn't ring, i knew it wasn't you

I don't want to change the world

I'm not looking for a new england

Are you looking for another girl