Wishing the Days Away - Alternative Version
by Billy Bragg
From the album: Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Duration: 2:32
Lyrics for Wishing the Days Away - Alternative Version
On Monday I wished it was Tuesday night So I could wish for the weekend to come Tuesday I wished that the night would pass So I could call you on the phone Now a man can spend a lot of time Wondering what was on Jack Ruby's mind Time is all I have without you here Wednesday when you hung up It was as much as I could do To stop from wishing Thursday Would pass so quickly too They're out there making history In the Lenin Shipyards today And here I am in the Hammersmith Hotel Wishing the days away Wasn't it a shock to find the king was human too Still I think he understands much more of me than you do It seems a proper shame to steal his clothes but not his crown Here I am in the Hammersmith hotel singing the government down Friday I wished there was something more To be seen in the letters you send On Saturday I wished it was Sunday Oh will this torment ever end Sometimes I take a notion to put a torch to the tools of my trade Here I am in the Hammersmith Hotel Wishing the days away Here I am in the Hammersmith Hotel Wishing the days away