I always thought that Kirsty MacColl (R.I.P) wrote New England.
Something about the lyric - "I was 21 years when I wrote this song"
Billy Bragg's live "minimalist" version:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=F2R08fEufWw Kirsty MacColl's "wall of sound" version:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0f6xLwz5KT8...and while I'm at it, Ya gotta love this one!!!
The Pogues And Kirsty MacColl Fairytale Of New York
http://youtube.com/watch?v=J5XdqqahNioYou're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy christmas your arse
I pray God it's our last