(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