A New England
Kirsty Maccoll


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 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
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 don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new england
Are you looking for another
I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new england
Are you looking for another girl
Looking for another girl
Looking for another girl
Looking for another girl
Girl
Girl
Girl

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