Another annoying words to songs

It's actually a New England

And the verse:
Once upon a time at home
I sat beside the telephone
Waiting for someone to pull me through
When at last it didn’t ring I knew it wasn’t you

She is waiting for someone to phone and pull her through but when the phone didn't ring, when he didn't phone, she knew he wouldn't be the one pulling her through.

☹

Or, as in the original, he was waiting...

OldFrill

Or, as in the original, he was waiting...

Oh, I thought it was Kirsty MacColl singing it. 🙂

Allira

OldFrill

Or, as in the original, he was waiting...

Oh, I thought it was Kirsty MacColl singing it. 🙂

It is, but it was originally written and recorded by Billy Bragg.

Are you not amused by this? I am.

I don't remember the phone stuff...
Is that a re-write/extra verse?

youtu.be/IOLsnzuIADM?si=X1amM-JbIIuj3n0r

1983

He wrote an extra verse for Kirsty

Yes - just discovered that! Two originally (apparently)
Everyday a schoolday on Gransnet

...Don't think I've ever heard the MacColl version before just now.

Bragg's original version of the song, included on his album Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy, had only two verses. MacColl thought the song was too short, and so Bragg wrote a further two verses for her, which she consolidated into one. Since MacColl's death, Bragg has included the additional verse in performances of the song as a tribute.