Not What We Wanted Lyrics - Levellers

Now it sees that night is day 

My uneasy focus has slipped away 

Drunk from the poison cup brings sheer relief to me 

Head full of the news, twenty-first century 

Bring along your old banjo, I want to hear you play 

Gonna play an old sad song to blow away the day 

One that trips off the tongue, I wanna hear what you say 

Everybody sing along, now everybody pray 

Because the first time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted 

This time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted 

First time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted 

This time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted 

Changing weather blows away 

But the slaughter and the showbiz 

These are here to stay 

So bring along your old banjo, I want to hear you play 

Gonna play an old sad song to blow away the day 

Everybody sing along, now everybody pray 

Because the first time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted 

This time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted 

First time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted 

This time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted 

This time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted 

This time that we had, it wasn't what we wanted 

Changing weather blows away