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Billy Bragg – Mid-Century Modern (2021) | Track profile | Dork

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Billy Bragg
The Million Things That Never Happened
Mid-Century Modern

TRACK

Mid-Century Modern

Release date: 7th October 2021

From The Million Things That Never Happened

Track 2

5:28

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"Mid-Century Modern" is a track by Billy Bragg, from the album The Million Things That Never Happened, released 7th October 2021. The track is 5:28 long. It's filed under Singer/Songwriter. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Billy Bragg.

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Billy Bragg

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Lyrics

Mid-Century Modern

Have mercy on us Father who lived through this age of storms
We barely had the time to bind the wounds caused by our shattered norms
The credulous are on crusade against reality
Freedom's just another word for acting with impunity

It's hard to get your bearings in a world that doesn't care
Positions I took long ago feel comfy as an old arm chair
But the kids that pulled the statues down they challenged me to see
The gap between the man I am and the man I want to be

That old familiar argument blew up again last night
The one where one of us is wrong, but both of us feel in the right
My indignation drove me to say things that I regret
I hurt the one I love the most with my self-righteous temperament

Now I must face the consequences of the thoughtlessness I've shown
It wasn't my intention to spend this evening all alone
But wounded pride is all I have to keep me company
And the gap between the man I am and the man I wanna be

Now I'm used to people listening to what I have to say
And I found it hard to think that it might help if I just stepped away
Adjusted my perception to reflect reality
And the gap between the man I am and the man I wanna be

Them gap between the man I am and the man I wanna be

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Track details

From The Million Things That Never Happened

5:282021

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Album

The Million Things That Never Happened

8th October 2021

Track number

2

Release year

2021

1Should Have Seen It Coming
3:23
2Mid-Century Modern
5:28
3Lonesome Ocean
3:35
4Good Days and Bad Days
4:42

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Credits

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Writer: Billy Bragg
Producer: Dave Lynch, Romeo Stodart