Bad Penny Lyrics - Billy Bragg

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