I've always been impressed with a girl

Who can 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 rubbish that

You've spoken

Goodbye and good luck to all the promises

You've broken

Your life has lost its dignity, its beauty, and its 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 nights 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

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

Writer : BILLY BRAGG
Copyright : Lyrics © CHRYSALIS STANDARDS, INC.