Billy Bragg

The Saturday Girl
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, For she lied to me with her body, you see, I lied to myself about the chances I wasted. The times we were close were far and few between, In the darkness of the dances in the school canteen - did she close her eyes as I did when we held each other tight? And la la la la la la la la laa 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 could never come to the phone - she was always in the bath. In the end it took me a dictionary to find out the meaning of unrequieted, 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 From Letras Mania