[ Greetings to the new brunette (2. Fassung) von Billy Bragg ]


GREETINGS TO THE NEW BRUNETTE, Billy Bragg                

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Shirley,    it's quite exciting to be sleeping here in this new room
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Shirley, you're my reason to get out of bed before noon
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Shirley,   you know when we sat out on the fire escape talking
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Shirley,  what did you say about running before we were walking
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Sometimes when we're as close as this   It s like we are in a dream
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How can you lie there and think of England   When you don t even know
who's in the team

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Shirley, your sexual politics have left me all of a muddle
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Shirley, we are joined in the ideological cuddle
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I'm celebrating my love for you     With a pint of beer and a new tattoo
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And if you haven't noticed yet     I'm more impressionable when my cement
is wet

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Politics and pregnancy
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Are debated as we empty our glasses
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And how I love those evening classes

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Shirley, you really know how to make a young man angry
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Shirley, could we get through the night without mentioning family
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The people from your church agree    It's not much of a career
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Trying the handles of parked cars      Whoops,there goes another year
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Whoops,there goes another pint of beer

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Here we are in our summer years
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Living on ice-cream and chocolate kisses
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Would the leaves fall from the trees
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If I was your old man and you were my missus
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Shirley,  give my greetings to the new brunette
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Greetings to the new brunette
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Greetings to the new brunette

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