Billy Bragg - Accident waiting to happen - red star version lyrics

BILLY BRAGG I've always been impressed with a girl Who can sing for her supper and get breakfast as well That's the way I am, heaven help me He said, 'We don't like peace campaigners 'round here' As he nailed another one to the wall And that's what gets me in trouble, heaven help me Goodbye and good luck to all the rubbish that You've spoken Goodbye and good luck to all the promises You've broken Your life has lost its dignity, its beauty, and its pa**ion You're an accident waiting to happen There you are standing at the bar And you're giving me grief about the D-D-R And that chip on your shoulder gets bigger as you Get older One of these nights you're gonna get caught It'll give you a pregnant pause for thought You're a dedicated swallower of fascism Time up and time out for all the liberties you've taken Time up and time out for all the friends that You've forsaken If you choose to waste away like d**h is back in fashion You're an accident waiting to happen And my sins are so unoriginal I have all the self-loathing of a wolf in sheep's clothing In this carnival of carnivores Heaven help me