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Little Time Bomb Lyrics
One of them's off her foot
And the other one's off his head
And both of them are off down the boozer
To drink a toast
To the one that he hates most
And she says there are no winners, only losers
Well if there are no winners
Then what is this he thinks
As he watches her complete a lap of honour
And he sits in the stands with his head in his hands
And he thinks of all the things
He'd like to bring down upon her
Revenge will bring cold comfort in this darkest hour
As the juke box says 'It's All Over Now'
And he stands and he screams
What have I done wrong
I've fallen in love with a little time bomb
In public he's such a man
He's punching at the walls with his bare and bloody hands
He's screaming and shouting and acting crazy
But at home he sits alone and he cries like a baby
He holds your letters but he can't read them
As he fights this loneliness that you call freedom
You said this would happen and you were not wrong
I've fallen in love with a little time bomb
And the other one's off his head
And both of them are off down the boozer
To drink a toast
To the one that he hates most
And she says there are no winners, only losers
Then what is this he thinks
As he watches her complete a lap of honour
And he sits in the stands with his head in his hands
And he thinks of all the things
He'd like to bring down upon her
As the juke box says 'It's All Over Now'
And he stands and he screams
What have I done wrong
I've fallen in love with a little time bomb
He's punching at the walls with his bare and bloody hands
He's screaming and shouting and acting crazy
But at home he sits alone and he cries like a baby
As he fights this loneliness that you call freedom
You said this would happen and you were not wrong
I've fallen in love with a little time bomb
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I believe the "he" in this song is Billy. It's about an ex that he had a fiery relationship with. He was a committed activist, but could not keep the relationship together.
I'd bet that "the one that he hates most", doing "a lap of honour", that he'd like to "bring <things> down upon", is Thatcher.
Favorite Billy Bragg song... Where are the comments on this one?!!?
First line is "One of them is off her food"
Here are the official lyrics thanks to http://www.billybragg.co.uk/releases/albums/workers_playtime/work5.html
Little Time Bomb
One of them's off her food And the other one's off his head And both of them are off down the boozer To drink a toast To the one that he hates most And she says there are no winners, only losers
Well if there are no winners Then what is this he thinks As he watches her complete a lap of honour And he sits in the stands With his head in his hands And he thinks of all the things He'd like to bring down upon her
Revenge will bring cold comfort in this darkest hour As the juke box says 'It's All Over Now' And he stands and he screams What have I done wrong I've fallen in love with a little time bomb
In public he's such a man He's punching at the walls with his bare and bloody hands He's screaming and shouting and acting crazy But at home he sits alone and he cries like a baby
He holds your letters but he can't read them As he fights this loneliness that you call freedom You said this would happen and you were not wrong I've fallen in love with a little time bomb
Off her head = mad Off down the boozer = going to the pub.
It's All Over Now - most likely the Bobby Womack song famously covered by the Rolling Stones