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1. _ Bad Penny
I have a letter from her
When she worked for the "woman's realm"
And all the things she promised me
She promised herself as well
She said, "i want my freedom"
And ran off along the beach
It's hard to love a girl so near
Yet so far out of reach
She came back when the tide came in
And introduced her friend to me
She said, "don't ring while he is here"
And gave me back my poetry
She expected me to understand
As she's always done this before
And now she asks me
"why don't you send me poems anymore?"
And she steals more than she buys
You can see it in her eyes
And she'll come back as soon as she's ready
She's a bad penny
Then she comes back and asks me
To sing all her favourite songs
As if she's never been away
As if she's done nothing wrong
But i've come to the conclusion
That she doesn't realise a thing
And she probably still thinks i love her
And she doesn't know that it's a sin
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2. _ Jeane
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3. _ Walk Away Renee (version)
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4. _ The Unwelcome Guest
To the rich man's bright lodges i ride in this wind
On my good horse i call you my shiny black bess
To the playhouse of fortune
To take the bright silver
And gold you have taken from somebody else
As we go riding in the damp foggy midnight
You snort, my good pony, and you give me your best
For you know, and i know, good horse,
'mongst the rich ones
How oftimes we go there an unwelcome guest
I've never took food from the widows and orphans
And never a hard working man i oppressed
So take your pace easy,
For home soon like lightning
We soon will be riding, my shiny black bess
No fat rich man's pony can ever overtake you
And there's not a rider from the east to the west
Could hold you a light
In this dark mist and midnight
When the potbellied thieves
Chase their unwelcome guest
I don't know, good horse,
As we trot in this dark here
That robbing the rich is for worse or for best
They take it by stealing and lying and gambling
And i take it my way, my shiny black bess
I treat horses good and i'm friendly to strangers
I ride and your running makes my guns talk the best
And the rangers and deputies
Are hired by the rich man
To catch me and hang me, my shining black bess
Yes, they'll catch me napping one day
And they'll kill me
And then i'll be gone but that won't be my end
For my guns and my saddle will always be filled
By unwelcome travellers and other brave men
And they'll take the money and spread it out equal
Just like the bible and the prophets suggest
But the men that go riding to help these poor workers
The rich will cut down like an unwelcome guest
Words: woody guthrie 1940 - music: billy bragg
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5. _ Qualifications
With my qualifications
With my qualifications
I could get me a job walking a dog
Chopping a log, cleaning a bog
With my qualifications
With my qualifications
I could see myself stacking a shelf
As a sales assistant at do-it -yourself
With my qualifications
With my qualifications
My brother worked night and day
At the eurostar terminal
And the government gave it away
So what's the point in university?
For three years i read philosophy
Now i read barcodes all day long
Beep-beep-beep sings that check-out song
With my qualifications
Talking 'bout my qualifications
Would you like to see my ph.d.?
My bse? my gcse?
I gotta first in physics so i ought to know
If your fries are for here or to go
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6. _ Heart Like A Wheel
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7. _ She's Leaving Home
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8. _ Thatcherites
You thatcherites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear
You thatcherites by name lend an ear
You thatcherites by name, your faults i will proclaim,
Your doctrines i must blame, you will hear, you will hear
Your doctrines i must blame, you will hear
You privatise away what is ours, what is ours
You privatise away what is ours
You privatise away and then you make us pay
We'll take it back some day, mark my words, mark my words
We'll take it back some day, mark my words
The scabs they hide their faces in shame, yes in shame
The scabs they hide their faces in shame
They hide away in shame but we recall their names
And they know they'll share the blame for it all, for it all
They know they'll share the blame for it all
Your leader she has gone to the lords, to the lords
Your leader, she has gone to the lords
Your leader she has gone, but she's left us little john
And he's barely hanging on by his nails, by his nails
He's barely hanging on by his nails
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9. _ Rule Nor Reason
The wind sways the trees and the raindrops on the leaves
Tumble down, down my neck in the breeze
Yes, it's true i hid out in the shadow of your doubt,
And this medal that i wear is not for bravery, i'm afraid
And we're both going to have to accept
That this might be as good as it gets
As our love for each other respects
Neither rule nor reason
The queen on her throne plays shirley bassey
Records when she's all on her own
And she looks out the window
And cries
What should i do? scratch off all of my tattoos?
And forget those girls' names?
But you're not about to let me do that, are you?
And we're both going to have to accept
That this might be as bad as it gets
As our love for each other respects
Neither rule nor reason
And we're both going to have to accept
That this might be as big as it gets
As our love for each other respects
Neither rule nor reason
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10. _ Think Again
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11. _ The Tatler
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12. _ My Flying Saucer
My flying saucer where can you be
Since that sad night that you sailed away from me?
My flying saucer i pray this night
You will sail back before the day gets bright
My flying saucer fly back for home!
You will get lost in the universe alone!
My flying saucer end all my fears
Sail back tonight, love and kiss away my tears
Words: woody guthrie (1950) - music: billy bragg (1995)
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13. _ The Boy Done Good
Strange as it may seem, i once had my football dreams
But i was always the last one, the last to get chosen
When my classmates picked their teams
I guess that was the way it stayed in every game i played
Life just tripped me and clattered and kicked me
Till you picked me from the parade
Now i feel like i've won the cup every time that we
Make love
Forty-five minutes each way, at halftime i hear a brass
Band play
The boy done good, the girl done better,
The seasons turn and we're still together,
The sky is still blue and tomorrow is another day
You weren't that kind of a girl who likes her studs to
Be covered in mud
Taking you to the pictures was a regular fixture
For one of life's eternal subs
I tried hard acting tough, but i just can't stand the
Taste of that stuff
Like some macho park player i got in the way of
In some grudge match against his club
But i'm happier how i am today now i've put my
Boots away
I guess i'll never get picked to play my song on match
Of the day
Words: billy bragg - music: johnny marr
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14. _ All You Fascists
I'm gonna tell all you fascists you may be surprised
The people in this world are getting organized
You're bound to lose, you fascists are bound to lose
Race hatred cannot stop us this one thing i know
Your poll tax and jim crow and greed have got to go
You're bound to lose, you fascists bound to lose
All of you fascists bound to lose
You fascists bound to lose
All of you fascists bound to lose
You fascists bound to lose
You're bound to lose! you fascists!
Bound to lose
People of every colour marching side by side
Marching 'cross these fields where a million fascists died
You're bound to lose, you fascists bound to lose
I'm going into this battle, and take my union gun
We'll end this world of slavery before this battle's won
You're bound to lose, you fascists bound to lose
Words: woody guthrie (1942) - music: billy bragg (1997)
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15. _ Days Like These (u.k. Version)
The party that became so powerful by sinking
Foreign boats
Is dreaming up new promises because promises
Win votes
And being resolute in conference with the
Ad man's expertise
The majority by their silence shall pay for days like these
The right to build communities is back behind
Closed doors
'tween government and people stands the right arm
Of the law
And shame upon the patriot when the mark of the
Bulldog breed
Is a family without a home and a pensioner in need
Those whose lives are ruled by dogma are waiting
For a sign
The better dead than red brigade are listening on the line
And the liberal, with a small l cries in front of the tv
And another demonstration passes on to history
Peace, bread, work, and freedom is the best we
Can achieve
And wearing badges is not enough in days like these
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16. _ Scholarship Is The Enemy Of Romance
Scholarship is the enemy of romance
Where does that leave me? alone in the rain again
What happened to the weekend i planned with you?
We didn't even get upstairs this time
I never missed that end-of-term kiss
But where did it go, miss? i don't know, miss
Take me to the fair and hold me close as we fly
Through the air
Then suddenly on sunday, it all just melted away
And when it had gone, between patches of yellowing grass
I found a coin and lost what i was looking for
I never took the advice in that book
Oh you should look, sir, you might learn, sir,
You might learn, sir
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17. _ I Don't Need This Pressure Ron
What was that bang? it was the next big thing
Exploding over our heads
And soon the next generation
Will emerge from behind the bike sheds
What are we going to offer them?
The exact same thing as before
But a different way to wear it
And the promise of a whole lot more
Oh, pity the pressures at the top,
The tantrums and the tears
And the sound of platinum cash tills
Ringing in their ears
Money maketh man a tory
Don't fire that assumption at me
I like toast as much as anyone
But not for breakfast, dinner, and tea
So don't saddle me with your ideals
And spare me all your guilt
For a poet with all the answers
Has never yet been built
I see no shame in putting my name
To socialism's cause
Nor seeking some more relevance
Than spotlight and applause
Neither in the name of conscience
Nor the name of charity
Money is put where mouths are
In the name of solidarity
We sing of freedom
And we speak of liberation
But such chances come
But once a generation
So i'll ignore what i am sure
Were the best of your intentions
You are judged by your actions
And not by your pretensions
There is drudgery in social change
And glory for the few
And if you don't tell me what not to say
I won't tell you what not to do
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