Goalhanger Lyrics

The song Goalhanger is performed by Billy Bragg in the album named Volume 2 in the year 2006 .



He's got the bonhomie of a game show host
And his handshake is so limp, it's like meeting a ghost
His apologies are tired 'cause he uses them a lot
His excuses are so lame if they were horses they'd be shot

He lies through his teeth with impeccable grammar
In the game of life he's just a dreadful goalhanger

He's keeping all his options open till the very last minute
Checking every situation trying to work out what's in it
Trying to nail him down is like nailing water to a wall
He's incapable of making a commitment at all

Like trying to knock in a nail with an inflatable hammer
In the game of life he's just a dreadful goalhanger

Yesterday upon the stair
I met a man who's never there
He won't be there again today
Well, that's what he told me to say

He's got the natural arrogance of an exclamation mark
And he wishes his bite was as big as his bark
He's appealing to the referee at every single stage
He's a fuzzy little bundle of impotent rage

And when he ought to have patience, he only has anger
In the game of life he's just a dreadful goalhanger

He has a lack of humility that defies imagination
And he hangs 'round like a fart in a Russian space station
He doesn't even notice as he sells you down the river
'Cause he's one of life's takers and he's looking for a giver

He smirks and shrugs his shoulders as he drops another clanger
In the game of life he's just a dreadful goalhanger




Billy Bragg - Volume 2

Oct 2006

  1. Price I Pay
  2. Only One
  3. Short Answer
  4. Love Has No Pride [#][*]
  5. That's Entertainment [#][*]
  6. Bad Penny [#][*][Demo Version]
  7. Reason to Believe [Live][*]
  8. Raglan Road [Live][*]
  9. Everywhere
  10. Cindy of a Thousand Lives
  11. Trust
  12. God's Footballer
  13. Few
  14. Mother of the Bride
  15. Dolphins
  16. North Sea Bubble
  17. Rumours of War
  18. Wish You Were Her
  19. Body of Water
  20. Party of God [*]
  21. Just One Victory [Alternative Mix][*]
  22. Bread & Circuses [*]
  23. Revolution [*]
  24. Tighten Up Your Wig [*] - Billy Bragg,
  25. MBH [#][*]
  26. Gulf Between Us [#][*]
  27. Piccadilly Rambler [#][*]
  28. From Red to Blue
  29. Everybody Loves You Babe
  30. Sugardaddy
  31. Pict Song
  32. Space Race Is Over
  33. Northern Industrial Town
  34. Fourteenth of February
  35. King James Version
  36. Goalhanger
  37. As Long as You Hold Me [#][*][Demo Version]
  38. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? [#][*][Demo Version]
  39. Sugar Daddy [#][*][Demo Version]
  40. Qualifications [*]
  41. Never Had No One Ever [*]
  42. Thatcherites [*]
  43. All Fall Down [#][*]
  44. Jane Allen - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  45. Distant Shore - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  46. England, Half English - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  47. Some Days I See the Point - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  48. Baby Faroukh - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  49. Another Kind of Judy - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  50. He'll Go Down - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  51. Dreadbelly - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  52. Tears of My Tracks - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  53. Billericay Dickie [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  54. Mansion on the Hill [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  55. Glad and Sorry [#][*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  56. Yarra Song [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  57. You Pulled the Carpet Out [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  58. Mystery Shoes [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  59. 1 2 3 4 [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  60. Dry Bed [Band Version][*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  61. Danny Rose [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  62. She Smiled Sweetly [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  63. Saturday Boy [DVD][Live][*]
  64. Marching Song of the Covert Battalions [DVD][Live][*]
  65. Lover Sings [DVD][Live][*]
  66. Warmest Room [DVD][Live][*]
  67. Debris [DVD][Live][*]
  68. All You Facists [DVD][Live][*]


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