Brickbat Lyrics - Billy Bragg

I ought to leave 

Enough hot water 

For your morning bath 

That I'd not thought I 

Hate to hear you talk that way 

But I can't bring myself to say I'm sorry 

The past is always 

Knocking incessant 

Trying to break through 

Into the present 

We have to work to keep it out 

And I won't be the first to shout 

It's over 

I used to want to plant bombs 

At the last night of the proms 

But, now you'll find me with the baby in the bathroom 

With that big shell listening for the sound of the sea 

I steal a kiss from you 

In the supermarket 

I walk you down the aisle 

You fill my basket 

And through it all 

The stick I take 

Is worth it with the love we make 

I used to want to plant bombs 

At the last night of the proms 

But now you'll find me with the baby in the bathroom 

With that big shell listening for the sound of the sea 

The baby and me