Shirley Lyrics - Billy Bragg

Shirley 

It's quite exciting to be sleeping here in this new room 

Shirley 

You're my reason to get out of bed before noon 

Shirley 

You know when we sat out on the fire escape talking 

Shirley 

What did you say about running before we were walking? 

Sometimes when we're as close as this 

It's like we're in a dream 

How can you lie there and think of England 

When you don't even know who's in the team 

Shirley 

Your sexual politics have left me all of a muddle 

Shirley 

We are joined in the ideological cuddle 

I'm celebrating my love for you 

With a pint of beer and a new tattoo 

And if you haven't noticed yet 

I'm more impressionable when my cement is wet 

Politics and pregnancy 

Are debated as we empty our glasses 

And how I love those evening classes 

Shirley 

You really know how to make a young man angry 

Shirley 

Can we get through the night without mentioning family? 

The people from your church agree 

It's not much of a career 

Trying the handles of parked cars 

Whoops, there goes another year 

Whoops, there goes another pint of beer 

Here we are in our summer years 

Living on ice cream and chocolate kisses 

And would the leaves fall from the trees 

If I was your old man and you were my misses? 

Give my greetings to the new brunette 

Shirley 

Greetings to the new brunette 

Shirley 

Greetings to the new brunette 

Shirley 

Greetings to the new brunette 

Shirley