I Don't Want To Change The World

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 (utterly, utterly beautifully sung, Kirsty babes)
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

I first heard this song in a bar in Belfast, years and years ago, playing pool with a friend during an afternoon off together. A breather before the fun and games began again that night at work. We stood together, cues in hand, singing the chorus to this song when he turned to me and said, "I'm going to change the world you know." And he did just that. And driving home today this came on the radio, and instantly I'm back in Belfast, playing pool in the afternoon and eating pizzas at Speranza's in Shaftesbury Square. And to hear Kirstie singing this song, written by Billy Bragg, click here -->

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fwtFSEovro