Listen to A Conversation with Billy Bragg About the Purpose of Art by The Smith Street Band

A Conversation with Billy Bragg About the Purpose of Art

The Smith Street Band

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Smith Street Band

The Smith Street Band

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald

Composer

Wil Wagner

Composer

Lee Hartney

Composer

Matt Bodiam

Composer

Jess Locke

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald

Producer

George Georgiadis

George Georgiadis

Engineer

Anton Hagop

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I don't come here with solutions

I come to you with ideas

I don't get no retribution

Can't make the bad thoughts disappear

I want to make great art that doesn't sell

Tell a couple of contemporaries to go to hell

I don't know how to save the planet

But complaining doesn't help

[Chorus]

I don't come here with an answer

Nor do I think that I can

I'm the party's over dancer

Just the cleaners and the band

[Verse 2]

And I'm not trying to present fiction

And tell you that it is fact

I don't care whose wares you're pitching

I don't give a fuck about all that

I was poured into this body

For just one important thing

Nothing's ever gonna kill me

If I can play guitar and sing

[Chorus]

I don't come here with an answer

Nor do I think that's my job

I'm the party's over dancer

In the car park smoking bongs

I don't come here with an answer

Nor do I think that I could

I'm the party's over dancer

Pulling shapes I don't think I should

Should

Should

Written by: Jess Locke, Lee Hartney, Matt Bodiam, Michael Fitzgerald, Wil Wagner

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