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Billy Bragg – The Saturday Boy | Track profile | Dork

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Back to Basics
The Saturday Boy

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The Saturday Boy

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Track 12

3:29

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"The Saturday Boy" is a track by Billy Bragg, from the album Back to Basics. The track is 3:29 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Billy Bragg.

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Lyrics

The Saturday Boy

I'll never forget the first day I met her
That September morning was clear and fresh
The way she spoke and laughed at my jokes
And the way she rubbed herself
Against the edge of my desk
She became a magic mystery to me
And we'd sit together in double history twice a week
And some days we'd walk the same way home
And it's surprising how quick
A little rain can clear the streets
We dreamed of her and compared our dreams
But that was all that I ever tasted
Cause she lied to me with her body you see
I lied to myself 'bout the chances I'd wasted
The times we were close
Were far and few between
In the darkness at the dances in the school canteen
Did she close her eyes like I did
As we held each other tight
And la la la la la la la la means I love you
She danced with me and I still hold that memory
Soft and sweet
And I stare up at her window
As I walk down her street
But I never made the first team
I just made the first team laugh
And she never came to the phone
She was always in the bath
In the end, it took me a dictionary
To find out the meaning of unrequited
While she was giving herself for free
At a party to which I was never invited
I never understood my failings then
And I hide my humble hopes now
Thinking back she made us want her
A girl not old enough to shave her legs

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Track details

From Back to Basics

3:29

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Album

Track number

12

1The Milkman of Human Kindness
2:49
2To Have and to Have Not
2:34
3Richard
2:52
4Lovers Town Revisited
1:18
5A New England
2:13
6The Man in the Iron Mask
2:14
7The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
1:59
8It Says Here
4:16
9Love Gets Dangerous
2:24
10From a Vauxhall Velox
2:31
11The Myth of Trust
2:55
12The Saturday Boy
3:29
13Island of No Return
3:37
14This Guitar Says Sorry
2:32
15Like Soldiers Do
2:40
16St. Swithin's Day
3:50
17Strange Things Happen
2:38
18A Lover Sings
3:52
19Between the Wars
2:27
20The World Turned Upside Down
2:34
21Which Side Are You On
2:34

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