Billy Bragg From Red To Blue
Another day dawns grey, it's enough to make me spit But we go on our way, just putting up with it And when I try to make my feelings known to you You sound like you have changed from red to blue You're a father now, you see things in different ways For every parent will gain perspective on their wilder days But that alone does not explain the change I see in you The way you've drifted off from red to blue Sometimes I think to myself Should I vote red for my class or green for our children? But whatever choice I make I will not foresake So you bought it all, the best your money could buy And I watched you sell your soul for their bright shining lie Where are the principles of the friend I thought I knew? I guess you let them fade from red to blue I hate the compromises that life forces us to make We must all bend a little if we are not to break But the ideals you opted out of, I still hold them to be true I guess they weren't so firmly held by you
