Biography:
Billy Bragg (Stephen William Bragg, Barking, Essex, England, 20 December, 1957) is an English singer, songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes.
In 1977, Bragg formed the punk rock/pub rock band Riff Raff, and toured London's pubs and clubs. The band released a series of singles, which did not receive wide exposure. He also worked in Guy Norris Records in Barking.
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Other songs:
- A New England (kingblues)
- Old Clash Fan Fight Song
- To Have And To Have Not
- A Lover Sings
- A New England
- A13 Trunk Road To The Sea
- Accident Waiting To Happen
- Airline To Heaven
- All You Fascists
- At My Window Sad And Lonely
- Bad Penny
- Between The Wars
- Birds And Ships
- Blood Of The Lamb
- Brickbat
- Bugeye Jim
- California Stars
- Chain Of Broken Hearts
- Cindy Of A Thousand Lives
- Days Like These
- Dry Bed
- Eisler On The Go
- Everybody Loves You Babe
- Everywhere
- Feed Of Man
- Full English Brexit
- Greetings To The New Brunette
- Handyman Blues
- Hard Times Of Old England Retold
- Help Save The Youth Of America
- Hesitating Beauty
- Hobos Lullaby
- Honey Im A Big Boy Now
- Hoodoo Voodoo
- I Aint Got Not Home
- I Almost Killed You
- Ideology
- Ingrid Bergman
- It Says Here
- Levi Stubbs Tears
- Life With Lions
- Life With The Lions
- Like Soldiers Do
- Listening To The Wind That Blows
- Little Time Bomb
- Lovers Town Revisited
- Loving You Too Long
- M For Me
- Must I Paint You A Picture
- My Thirty Thousand
- My Youngest Son Came Home Today
- Never Buy The Sun
- Never Cross A Picket Line
- New England
- No One Knows Anyone Anymore
- No Power Without Accountability
- Northern Industrial Town
- Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted
- One By One
- Only One
- Ontario Quebec And Me
- Price I Pay
- Raglan Road
- Railroad Bill
- Remember The Mountain Bed
- Richard
- Rotting On Remand
- Rule Nor Reason
- Rumours Of War
- Saturday Boy
- Secret Of The Sea
- Sexuality
- She Came Along To Me
- Shes Got A New Spell
- Sin City
- Sing Their Souls Back Home
- Someday Some Morning Sometime
- Spacerace Is Over
- St Swithins Day
- Stetson Kennedy
- Take Down The Union Jack
- Talking Wag Club Blues
- The Boy Done Good
- The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
- The Home Front
- The Internationale
- The Man In The Iron Mask
- The Only One
- The Passion
- The Price I Pay
- The Price Of Oil
- The Short Answer
- The Unwelcome Guest
- The Warmest Room
- There Is Power In A Union
- There Will Be A Reckoning
- Upfield
- Valentines Day Is Over
- Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
- Walt Whitmans Niece
- Warmest Room
- Way Over Yonder In A Minor Key
- Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
- Where The Roses Are In Bloom
- Why We Build The Wall
- Wishing The Days Away
- World Turned Upside Down
- You Make Me Brave
- You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
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>From: [email protected] (Amanda Mathiesen)
>Subject: Re: Billy Bragg - The Warmest Room
In article <[email protected]>,
William Vaughan wrote:
(Really creative lyrics deleted :))
OK, the actual lyrics, as he does them in the studio, are as
follows:
A A sus A A sus
A rainy afternoon
A A sus A A sus
Spent in the warmest room
E
She lay before me and said
D A Asus A A sus
"Yes it's true that I have seen some naked men"
As she made for the door
Leaving me on the floor
I wish I'd done biology
For an urge within me wanted to do it then
Chorus:
E
And here she comes again
D
And I'm sitting on my hands
A
And she sings to me that siren song
E D
Here she comes again and I'm biting my lip
A A sus A Asus
But it won't be long
As Brother Barry said as he married Marion
The wife has three great attributes, Intelligence, a Swiss Army
knife and charm
But that's not enough some times
And she did speak her mind
And told them all that she believed
The only way to disarm is to disarm
Bridge
Bm F#m
I know people whose Idea of fun
D A D A
Is throwing stones in the river in the afternoon sun
Bm F#m
Oh let me be as free as them
E
Don't let her pass this way again
Instrumental, play chords to the verses
Though you cannot be blamed, but I've become inflamed
With thoughts of lust and thoughts of power
thoughts of love and thoughts of Chairman Mao
We have such little time at your place or mine
I can't wait till we take our blood tests
Oh baby, let's take our blood tests now
Chorus again, then
A A sus A A sus E A
It won't be long
Admittedly, what Uncle Bill says in concert is different. He tends
to substitute "hairy" for "naked" in verse one and "drugs tests" for
"blood tests" during gigs, as William judiciously notes.
"She said it was only a figment of speech..."
From: [email protected] (William Vaughan)
Subject: Billy Bragg - The Warmest Room
C Am C Am
Am C Am C Am
A rainy afternoon
Am C Am C Am
Spent in the Warmest Room
G
She lied before me and said
F C Am C Am
yes its true, I have seen some hairy men
(same)
She made for the door
Leaving me on the floor
I wish i'd known biology
for the urge that drove me to the edge
(chorus)
G
and here she comes again
F
and I'm sitting on my hands
C G
And she sings to me a siren song
here she comes again
F C Am C Am
I imagine it won't be long
(same)
Her brother barry said
when he married marrianne
A wife has three great attributes
Insurgence, resolve and off had charm
well that's not enough sometimes
and she may speak her mind
Juliana she believed
the only way to defend is to disarm
Chorus
Bridge
D Em
I know some people whose Idea of fun
C Am
is to lie face down in the river
C Am
in the afternoon sun
D Em
Oh let me be as free as them
C G
Don't let her pass this way again
You cannot be blamed
But I've become insane
with thought of lust, thoughts of power, thoughts of love
and the thought of chairman Mao
We've had such little time
be it your place or mine
I can't wait to take our blood test
oh baby, lets take our blood test now
(Chorus)
In the live version on the CD single of "Accident waiting to happen" Uncle
Bill says "I can't wait to take our drug test, etc.... Pretty funny, I
thought. I'm not exactly sure about the bridge, but it works for me. correct
as necessary. Enjoy!
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
>From: [email protected] (Amanda Mathiesen)
>Subject: Re: Billy Bragg - The Warmest Room
In article <[email protected]>,
William Vaughan
(Really creative lyrics deleted :))
OK, the actual lyrics, as he does them in the studio, are as
follows:
A A sus A A sus
A rainy afternoon
A A sus A A sus
Spent in the warmest room
E
She lay before me and said
D A Asus A A sus
"Yes it's true that I have seen some naked men"
As she made for the door
Leaving me on the floor
I wish I'd done biology
For an urge within me wanted to do it then
Chorus:
E
And here she comes again
D
And I'm sitting on my hands
A
And she sings to me that siren song
E D
Here she comes again and I'm biting my lip
A A sus A Asus
But it won't be long
As Brother Barry said as he married Marion
The wife has three great attributes, Intelligence, a Swiss Army
knife and charm
But that's not enough some times
And she did speak her mind
And told them all that she believed
The only way to disarm is to disarm
Bridge
Bm F#m
I know people whose Idea of fun
D A D A
Is throwing stones in the river in the afternoon sun
Bm F#m
Oh let me be as free as them
E
Don't let her pass this way again
Instrumental, play chords to the verses
Though you cannot be blamed, but I've become inflamed
With thoughts of lust and thoughts of power
thoughts of love and thoughts of Chairman Mao
We have such little time at your place or mine
I can't wait till we take our blood tests
Oh baby, let's take our blood tests now
Chorus again, then
A A sus A A sus E A
It won't be long
Admittedly, what Uncle Bill says in concert is different. He tends
to substitute "hairy" for "naked" in verse one and "drugs tests" for
"blood tests" during gigs, as William judiciously notes.
"She said it was only a figment of speech..."
From: [email protected] (William Vaughan)
Subject: Billy Bragg - The Warmest Room
C Am C Am
Am C Am C Am
A rainy afternoon
Am C Am C Am
Spent in the Warmest Room
G
She lied before me and said
F C Am C Am
yes its true, I have seen some hairy men
(same)
She made for the door
Leaving me on the floor
I wish i'd known biology
for the urge that drove me to the edge
(chorus)
G
and here she comes again
F
and I'm sitting on my hands
C G
And she sings to me a siren song
here she comes again
F C Am C Am
I imagine it won't be long
(same)
Her brother barry said
when he married marrianne
A wife has three great attributes
Insurgence, resolve and off had charm
well that's not enough sometimes
and she may speak her mind
Juliana she believed
the only way to defend is to disarm
Chorus
Bridge
D Em
I know some people whose Idea of fun
C Am
is to lie face down in the river
C Am
in the afternoon sun
D Em
Oh let me be as free as them
C G
Don't let her pass this way again
You cannot be blamed
But I've become insane
with thought of lust, thoughts of power, thoughts of love
and the thought of chairman Mao
We've had such little time
be it your place or mine
I can't wait to take our blood test
oh baby, lets take our blood test now
(Chorus)
In the live version on the CD single of "Accident waiting to happen" Uncle
Bill says "I can't wait to take our drug test, etc.... Pretty funny, I
thought. I'm not exactly sure about the bridge, but it works for me. correct
as necessary. Enjoy!
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