A New England Lyrics

A New England lyrics

I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song 

 I'm twenty-two now, but I won't be for long 

 People ask me when will I grow up to understand 

 Why the girls I knew at school are already pushing prams 

  

 I loved you then as I love you still 

 Though I put you on a pedestal, you put me on the pill 

 I don't feel bad about letting you go 

 I just feel sad about letting you know 

  

 I don't want to change the world 

 I'm not looking for a new England 

 Are you looking for another girl 

  

 I loved the words you wrote to me 

 But that was bloody yesterday 

 I can't survive on what you send 

 Every time you need a friend 

  

 I saw two shooting stars last night 

 I wished on them, but they were only satellites 

 It's wrong to wish on space hardware 

 I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care 

  

 I don't want to change the world 

 I'm not looking for a new England 

 Are you looking for another girl 

  

 My dreams were full of strange ideas 

 My mind was set despite the fears 

 But other things got in the way 

 I never asked that boy to stay 

  

 Once upon a time at home 

 I sat beside the telephone 

 Waiting for someone to pull me through 

 When at last it didn't ring, I knew it wasn't you 

  

 I don't want to change the world 

 I'm not looking for a new England 

 Are you looking for another girl