A New England

Kirsty MacColl


(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



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