A New England

Album: Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy (1983)
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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 me "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
    Though 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 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

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

    Looking for another girl
    Looking for another girl
    Looking for another girl Writer/s: Billy Bragg
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Anne from Hartford, CtThe story described in the “fact” that heads this page has some truth to it, but the song that Billy brought to the dj was “The Milkman of Human Kindness”, not “A New Englend”. You can hear him tell the story himself on the podcast posted on his website (under the “music” tab). Listen to episode 3, around the 16 minute mark.
  • Lee from Sydney, AustraliaThe remarkable opening lines of this song are actually lifted direct from a Simon And Garfunkel Song, "Leaves That Are Green", which was the B-side of the Homeward Bound single (1966):

    "I was twenty one years when I wrote this song
    I'm twenty two now, but I wont be for long"

    LBB
  • Claire from Portsmouth, EnglandI don't know what the hell these lyrics are, but they are NOT the lyrics for A New England. The chorus is "I don't want to change the world, I'm not looking for New England...."
  • Josh from Marshfield, Maanyone else think this song sounds like the saturday night live theme song?
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