The Marriage

by Billy Bragg

From the album: Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Track 3 of 22 on Talking With the Taxman About Poetry (1986).

Duration: 2:31

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Lyrics for The Marriage

I understand you needing And wanting is no crime But I can't help feeling That you and your mother Are just wasting your time Choosing Saturdays in Summer Oh, I dare you to wear white Love is just a moment of giving And marriage is when we admit Our parents were right I just don't understand it What makes our love a sin How can it make that difference If you and I are wearing That bloody, bloody ring If I share my bed with you Must I also share my life Love is just a moment of giving And marriage is when we admit Our parents were right You just don't understand it This tender trap we're in Those glossy catalogues of couples Are cashing in On happiness again and again So drag me to the altar And I'll make my sacrifice Love is just a moment of giving And marriage is when we admit Our parents were right Marriage is when we admit Our parents were right Just as marriage is when we admit Our parents were probably right

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  2. Train Train
  3. The Marriage
  4. Ideology
  5. Levi Stubbs' Tears
  6. Honey, I'm a Big Boy Now
  7. There Is Power in a Union
  8. Help Save the Youth of America
  9. Wishing the Days Away
  10. The Passion
  11. The Warmest Room
  12. The Home Front
  13. Sin City
  14. Deportees
  15. There Is Power in a Union - Instrumental
  16. The Tracks of My Tears
  17. Wishing the Days Away - Alternative Version
  18. The Clashing of Ideologies - Alternative Version
  19. Greetings to the New Brunette - Demo
  20. A Nurse's Life Is Full of Woe
  21. Only Bad Signs
  22. Hold the Fort