Wishing The Days Away Lyrics - Billy Bragg

On Monday I wished it was Tuesday night 

So I could wish for the weekend to come 

On 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 

And time is all I have without you here 

On 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 

There's always room for one more soul 

Down in the human zoo 

I don't want you to come here though 

I want to come home to you 

Somebody's knocking at the door 

Its later than I think 

And its time to put on these stinking clothes 

And get out there and stink 

On 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 get a notion to put a torch 

To the tools of my trade 

Here I am in the Hammersmith Hotel 

Wishing the days away