Accident Waiting To Happen Lyrics - Singles - Billy Bragg

I've always been impressed with a girl 

Who could 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 promises you've broken 

Goodbye and good luck to all the rubbish that you've spoken 

Your life has lost it's dignity, it's beauty and it's passion 

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 night 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 

And if you choose to waste away like death 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 

Goodbye and good luck to all the promises you've broken 

Goodbye and good luck to all the rubbish that you've spoken 

Your life has lost it's dignity, it's beauty and it's passion 

You're an accident waiting to happen 

You're an accident waiting to happen 

You're a dedicated swallower of fascism 

You're an accident waiting to happen