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The Smiths albums lyrics
The Smiths (1984)................................................................................................................................21. Reel Around The Fountain...........................................................................................................2
2. You've Got Everything Now.......................................................................................................3
3. Miserable Lie..............................................................................................................................44. Pretty Girls Make Graves............................................................................................................5
5. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle................................................................................................66. still il............................................................................................................................................7
7. Hand In Glove..............................................................................................................................8
8. What Difference Does It Make?..................................................................................................89. I Don't Owe You Anything...........................................................................................................9
10. Suffer Little Children...............................................................................................................10Meat Is Murder (1985)........................................................................................................................11
1. The Headmaster Ritual...............................................................................................................11
2. Rusholme Ruffians.....................................................................................................................12
3. I Want The One I Can't Have.....................................................................................................134. What She Said ...........................................................................................................................145. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore ...............................................................................................15
6. Nowhere Fast.............................................................................................................................15
7. Well I Wonder ...........................................................................................................................168. Barbarism Begins At Home ......................................................................................................17
9. Meat Is Murder .........................................................................................................................17The Queen Is Dead (1986).................................................................................................................18
1. The Queen Is Dead.....................................................................................................................18
2. Frankly, Mr. Shankly.................................................................................................................193. I Know It's Over.........................................................................................................................20
4. Never Had No One Ever...........................................................................................................215. Cemetry Gates............................................................................................................................22
6. Bigmouth Strikes Again.............................................................................................................23
7. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side........................................................................................248. Vicar In A Tutu...........................................................................................................................24
9. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out....................................................................................2510. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others........................................................................................26
Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)..................................................................................................27
1. A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours ..............................................................................272. I Started Something I Couldn't Finish .....................................................................................28
3. Death Of A Disco Dancer .........................................................................................................28
4. Girlfriend In A Coma ................................................................................................................295. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before .............................................................30
6. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me ......................................................................307. Unhappy Birthday ....................................................................................................................31
8. Paint A Vulgar Picture ..............................................................................................................329. Death At One's Elbow ...............................................................................................................33
10. I Won't Share You ...................................................................................................................33
ENJOY!!!...........................................................................................................................................34
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The Smiths (1984)
1. Reel Around The Fountain
It's time the tale were toldOf how you took a child
And you made him oldIt's time the tale were told
Of how you took a child
And you made him oldYou made him old
Reel around the fountainSlap me on the patio
I'll take it now
Oh...Fifteen minutes with youWell, I wouldn't say no
Oh, people said that you were virtually dead
And they were so wrongFifteen minutes with you
Oh, well, I wouldn't say noOh, people said that you were easily led
And they were half-right
Oh, they ... oh, they were half-right, oh
It's time the tale were toldOf how you took a child
And you made him old
It's time that the tale were toldOf how you took a child
And you made him oldYou made him old
Oh, reel around the fountain
Slap me on the patioI'll take it now
Ah ... oh ...
Fifteen minutes with you
Oh, I wouldn't say noOh, people see no worth in you
Oh, but I do.Fifteen minutes with you
Oh, I wouldn't say no
Oh, people see no worth in youI do.
Oh, I... oh, I do
Oh...
I dreamt about you last night
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And I fell out of bed twice
You can pin and mount me like a butterflyBut "take me to the haven of your bed"
Was something that you never said
Two lumps, pleaseYou're the bee's knees
But so am IOh, meet me at the fountain
Shove me on the patio
I'll take it slowlyOh...
Fifteen minutes with you
Oh, I wouldn't say no
Oh, people see no worth in youOh, but I do.
Fifteen minutes with you
Oh, no, I wouldn't say noOh, people see no worth in you
I do.Oh, I... I do
Oh, I doOh, I do
Oh, I do
2. You've Got Everything Now
As merry as the days were longI am right and you are wrong
Back at the old grey school
I would win and you would loseBut you've got everything now
You've got everything nowAnd what a terrible mess I've made of my life
Oh what a mess I've made of my life
No, I've never had a jobBecause I've never wanted oneI've seen you smile
But I never heard you laugh
So who is rich and who is poor
I cannot say
You are your mother's only son
And you're a desperate oneBut I don't want a lover
I just want to be seenIn the back of your car
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A friendship sadly lost
Well, this is true and yet it's falseBut did I ever tell you, by the way
I never did like your face
But you've got everything nowYou've got everything now
And what a terrible mess I've made of my lifeOh what a mess I've made of my life
No, I've never had a jobBecause I'm too shy
I've seen you smileBut I never really heard you laugh
So who is rich and who is poorI cannot say
You are your mother's only sonAnd you're a desperate one
But I don't want a loverI just want to be tied
To the back of your car
3. Miserable Lie
So, goodbye
Please stay with your own kindAnd I'll stay with mine
There's something against usIt's not time
It's not time
So, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbyeI know I need hardly say
How much I love your casual wayOh, but please put your tongue away
A little higher and we're well away
The dark nights are drawing in
And your humor is as black as themI look at yours, you laugh at mineAnd "love" is just a miserable lie
You have destroyed my flower-like life
Not once - twiceYou have corrupt my innocent mind
Not once - twiceI know the wind-swept mystical air
It means: I'd like to see your underwear
I recognize that mystical airIt means: I'd like to seize your underwear
What do we get for our trouble and pain?Just a rented room in Whalley Range
What do we get for our trouble and pain?
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...Whalley Range!
Into the depths of the criminal worldI followed her...
I need advice, I need advice
I need advice, I need adviceNobody ever looks at me twice
Nobody ever looks at me twiceI'm just a country-mile behind
The world
I'm just a country-mile behindThe whole world
Oh oh, oh...I'm just a country-mile behind
The world
I'm just a country-mile behindThe whole world
Oh oh, oh...
Take me when you goOh oh, oh...
Take me when you goOh oh, oh...
I need advice, I need advice
4. Pretty Girls Make Graves
Upon the sand, upon the bay
There is a quick and easy way, you sayBefore you illustrateI'd rather state
I'm not the man you think I am
I'm not the man you think I amAnd Sorrow's native son
He will not smile for anyoneAnd pretty girls make graves
End of the pier, end of the bayYou tug my arm and say: "Give in to lust
Give up to lust..Oh heaven knows we'll soon be dust.."
I'm not the man you think I am
I'm not the man you think I amAnd Sorrow's native son
He will not rise for anyoneAnd pretty girls make graves
I could have been wild and I could have been freeBut Nature played this trick on me
She wants it nowAnd she will not wait
But she's too rough
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And I'm too delicate
Then on the sandAnother man, he takes her hand
A smile lights up her stupid face
(and well, it would..)I lost my faith in womanhood
I lost my faith in womanhoodI lost my faith...
5. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Please don't cryFor the ghost and the storm outside
Will not invade this sacred shrineNor infiltrate your mind
My life down I shall lieIf the bogey-man should tryTo play tricks on your sacred mind
To tease, torment and tantaliseWavering shadows loom
A piano plays in an empty room
There'll be blood on the cleaver tonightAnd when darkness lifts and the room is bright
I'll still be by your sideFor you are all that matters
And I'll love you till the day I die
There never need be longing in your eyesAs long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine
Ceiling shadows shimmy by
And when the wardrobe towers like a beast of prey
There's sadness in your beautiful eyesYour untouched, unsoiled, wonderous eyes
My life down I shall lieShould restless spirits try
To play tricks on your sacred mind
I once had a child and it saved my life
And I never even asked his nameI just looked into his wondrous eyesAnd said: "Never never never again"
And all too soon I did return
Just like a moth to a flameSo rattle my bones all over the stones
I'm only a beggar-man whom nobody ownsOh see how words as old as sin
Fit me like a glove
I'm here and here I'll stayTogether we lie, together we pray
There never need be longing in your eyesAs long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine
As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine
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Climb up on my knee, sonny boyAlthough you're only three, sonny boy
You're - you're mine
And your mother she just never knewOh, your mother ...
As long ... as long ... as longI did my best for her
I did my best for her
As long ... as long ... as long asI did my best for her
I did my best for her
6. still il
I decree today that lifeIs simply taking and not givingEngland is mine, it owes me a living
But ask me why and I'll spit in your eyeOh ask me why and I'll spit in your eye
But we cannot cling to the old dreams anymore
No, we cannot cling to those dreams
Does the body rule the mindOr does the mind rule the body?
I don't know..
Under the iron bridge we kissed
And although I ended up with sore lipsIt just wasn't like the old days anymore
No, it wasn't like those days
Am I still ill?Oh am I still ill?
Does the body rule the mind
Or does the mind rule the body?
I don't know..
Ask me why and I'll dieOh ask me why and I'll die
And if you must go to work tomorrow
Well, if I were you I wouldn't botherFor there are brighter sides to life
And I should know because I've seen themBut not very often
Under the iron bridge we kissedAnd although I ended up with sore lips
It just wasn't like the old days anymoreNo, it wasn't like those days
Am I still ill?
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Oh am I still ill?
7. Hand In Glove
Hand in glove
The sun shines out of our behinds
No, it's not like any other loveThis one is different because it's us
Hand in gloveWe can go wherever we please
And everything depends upon
How near you stand to meAnd if the people stare
Then the people stareOh I really don't know and I really don't care
It's not a shame, no..
Hand in glove
The Good People laughYes, we may be hidden by rags
But we've something they'll never have
Hand in gloveThe sun shines out of our behinds
Yes, we may be hidden by ragsBut we've something they'll never have
And if the people stare
Then the people stareOh I really don't know and I really don't care
It's not a shame, no..
So hand in glove, I stake my claim
I'll fight to the last breathIf they dare touch a hair on your head
I'll fight to the last breathFor the Good Life is out there somewhere
So stay on my arms, you little charmer
But I know my luck too well
Yes I know my luck too wellAnd I'll probably never see you againI'll probably never see you again
8. What Difference Does It Make?
All men have secrets and here is mineSo let it be known
For we have been through hell and high tide
I think I can rely on youAnd yet you start to recoil
Heavy words are so lightly thrown
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But still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you
So, what difference does it make?
So, what difference does it make?
It makes noneBut now you have gone
And you must be looking very old tonight
The devil will find work for idle hands to do
I stole and I lied, and why?Because you asked me to
But now you make me feel so ashamedBecause I've only got two hands
Well, I'm still fond of you, uh-ho-ho
So, what difference does it make?
Oh, what difference does it make?
Oh, it makes noneBut now you have gone
And your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight
Oh, the devil will find work for idle hands to doI stole, and then I lied
Just because you asked me to
But now you know the truth about meYou won't see me anymore
Well, I'm still fond of you, uh-ho-ho
But no more apologies
No more apologiesOh, I'm too tired
I'm so sick and tiredAnd I'm feeling very sick and ill today
But I'm still fond of you, uh-ho-ho
Oh, my sacred one
Oh...
9. I Don't Owe You Anything
Bought on stolen wine
A nod was the first stepYou knew very well
What was coming next
Did I really walk all this way
Just to hear you say"Oh I don't want to go out tonight"
"Oh I don't want to go out tonight"Oh but you will
For you must
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I don't owe you anythingBut you owe me something
Repay me now
You should never go to them
Let them come to youJust like I do
Just like I do
But did I really walk all this way
Just to hear you say"Oh I don't want to go out tonight"
"Oh I don't want to go out tonight"
But you willFor you must
I don't owe you anythingBut you owe me something
Repay me now
Too freely on your lipsWords prematurely sad
Oh but I know what will make you smile tonight
Life is never kindLife is never kind
Oh but I know what will make you smile tonight
10. Suffer Little Children
Over the moor, take me to the moor
Dig a shallow graveAnd I'll lay me down
Lesley-Anne with your pretty white beads
Oh John you'll never be a man
And you'll never see your home again
Oh Manchester, so much to answer forEdward see those alluring lights?Tonight will be your very last night
A woman said: "I know my son is dead
I'll never rest my hands on his sacred head"Hindley wakes and Hindley says
Hindley wakes.. and says:"Wherever he has gone I have gone"
But fresh lilaced moorland fields
Cannot hide the stolid stench of deathFresh lilaced moorland fields
Cannot hide the stolid stench of deathHindley wakes and Hindley says
Hindley wakes.. and says:
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"Oh whatever he has done I have done"
But this is no easy rideFor a child cries:
"Find me.. find me, nothing more
We are on a sullen misty moorWe may be dead and we may be gone
But we will be, we will be.. right by your sideUntil the day you die!"
This is no easy ride
"We will haunt you when you laughYes, you could say we're a team
You might sleep, you might sleep..But you will never dream!"
"You might sleep but you will never dream!"
Oh Manchester, so much to answer forOh Manchester, so much to answer for
"Find me, find me, find me..
I'll haunt you when you laughYou might sleep but you will never dream!"
Over the moor, I'm on the moor
Over the moorThe child is on the moor
Meat Is Murder (1985)
1. The Headmaster Ritual
Belligerent ghouls
Run Manchester schools
Spineless swinesCemented minds
Sir leads the troopsJealous of youth
Same old suit since 1962
He does the military two-stepDown the nape of my neck
I want to go homeI don't want to stay
Give up education
As a bad mistakeMid-week on the playing fields
Sir thwacks you on the knees
Knees you in the groinElbows in the face
Bruises bigger than dinner plates
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I want to go home
I don't want to stay
Belligerent ghouls
Run Manchester schoolsSpineless bastards all
Sir leads the troopsJealous of youth
Same old jokes since 1902
He does the military two-stepDown the nape of my neck
I want to go homeI don't want to stay
Give up life
As a bad mistake"Please, excuse me from gym
I've got this terrible cold coming on"
He grabs and devoursHe kicks me in the showers
Kicks me in the showersAnd he grabs and devours
I want to go homeI don't want to stay
2. Rusholme Ruffians
The last night of the fairBy the big wheel generator
A boy is stabbedAnd his money is grabbed
And the air hangs heavy like a dulling wine
She is famousShe is funny
An engagement ringDoesn't mean a thing
To a mind consumed by brass (money)
And though I walk home alone
(I might walk home alone)But my faith in love is still devoutThe last night of the fair
From a seat on a whirling waltzer
Her skirt ascends for a watching eyeIt's a hideous trait (on her mother's side)
From a seat on a whirling waltzerHer skirt ascends for a watching eye
It's a hideous trait (on her mother's side)
And though I walk home alone(I might walk home alone)
But my faith in love is still devoutThen someone falls in love
And someone's beaten up
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Someone's beaten up
And the senses being dulled are mineAnd someone falls in love
Then someone's beaten up
Someone's beaten upAnd the senses being dulled are mine
And though I walk home alone(I might walk home alone)
But my faith in love is still devout
This is the last night of the fairAnd the grease in the hair
Of a speedway operatorIs all a tremulous heart requires
A schoolgirl is denied
She said: "How quickly would I dieIf I jumped from the top of the parachute?"
This is the last night of the fair
And the grease in the hairOf a speedway operator
Is all a tremulous heart requiresA schoolgirl is denied
She said: "How quickly would I dieIf I jumped from the top of the parachute?"
So scratch my name on your arm with a fountain pen
This means you really love meScratch my name on your arm with a fountain pen
This means you really love meAnd though I walk home alone
(I just might walk home alone)
But my faith in love is still devoutI might walk home alone
But my faith in love is still devout
3. I Want The One I Can't Have
On the day that your mentalityDecides to try to catch up with your biology
Come round!
'Cause I want the one I can't haveAnd it's driving me mad
It's all over.. my faceOn the day that your mentality
Catches up with your biology
I want the one I can't haveAnd it's driving me mad
It's all over.. my face
A double bed
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And a stalwart lover, for sure
These are the riches of the poorA double bed
And a stalwart lover, for sure
These are the riches of the poorAnd I want the one I can't have
And it's driving me madIt's all over, all over my face
A tough kid who sometimes swallows nailsRaised on Prisoner's Aid
He killed a policeman when he was thirteenAnd somehow that really impressed me
It's written all over my face
These are the riches of the poor
These are the riches of the poor
And I want the one I can't haveAnd it's driving me mad
It's written all over my faceOn the day that your mentality
Catches up with your biologyAnd if you ever need self-validation
Just meet me in the alley by the railway station
It's all over my face
4. What She Said
What she said:
"How come someone hasn't noticed that I'm deadAnd decided to bury me?
God knows I'm ready.."
What she said was sadBut then all the rejections she's had
To pretend to be happyCould only be idiocy
What she said was not for the job or lover
That she never had
What she readAll heady books
She'd sit and prophesise
(It took a tattooed boy from Birkenheadto really really open her eyes)
What she readAll heady books
She'd sit and prophesise
(It took a tattooed boy from Birkenheadto really really open her eyes)
What she said:
"I smoke 'cause I'm hoping for an early death
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And I need to cling to something!"
What she said:"I smoke 'cause I'm hoping for an early death
And I need to cling to something!"
5. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Park the car at the side of the road
You should knowTime's tide will smother you
And I will too
When you laugh about peopleWho feel so very lonely
Their only desire is to dieWell, I'm afraid
It doesn't make me smileI wish I could laughBut that joke isn't funny anymore
It's too close to homeAnd it's too near the bone
It's too close to home
And it's too near the boneMore than you'll ever know
Kick them when they fall down
Kick them when they fall down
YouKick them when they fall down
Kick them when they fall downYou
Kick them when they fall down
Kick them when they fall downYou
Kick them when they fall downKick them when they fall down
It was dark as I drove the point home
And on cold leather seatsWell, it suddenly struck meI just might die with a smile on my face, after all
I've seen this happen in other people's livesAnd now it's happening in mine
6. Nowhere Fast
I'd like to drop my trousers to the worldI am a man of means (of slender means)
Each household appliance
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Is like a new science in my town
And if the day came when I felt a natural emotionI'd get such a shock I'd probably jump in the ocean
And when a train goes by
It's such a sad soundIt's such a sad thing
I'd like to drop my trousers to the Queen
Every sensible child will know what this means
The poor and the needyAre selfish and greedy on her terms
And if the day came when I felt a natural emotionI'd get such a shock I'd probably jump in the ocean
And when a train goes by
It's such a sad soundIt's such a sad thing
And when I'm lying in my bedI think about life and then I think about death
And neither one particularly appeals to meAnd if the day came when I felt a natural emotion
I'd get such a shock I'd probably lieIn the middle of the street and die
I'd lie down and die
7. Well I Wonder
Well, I wonder
Do you hear me when you sleep?
I hoarsely cry
Well, I wonderDo you see me when we pass?
I half-die
Please, keep me in mindPlease, keep me in mind
Gasping, but somehow still alive
This is the fierce last stand of all I amGasping, dying, but somehow still alive
This is the final stand of all I am
Please, keep me in mind
Well, I wonder
Please, keep me in mindOh, keep me in mind
Keep me in mind
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8. Barbarism Begins At Home
Unruly boys who will not grow up
Must be taken in hand
Unruly girls who will not settle downThey must be taken in hand
A crack on the head
Is what you get for not asking
And a crack on the headIs what you get for asking
No ... a crack on the head
Is what you get for not askingAnd a crack on the headIs what you get for asking
A crack on the head
Is just what you get
WHY ? Because of who you are!And a crack on the head
Is just what you getWHY ? Because of what you are!
A crack on the head
Because ofThose things you said
Things you saidThe things you did
Unruly boysWho will not grow
Must be taken in handUnruly girls
Who will not grow
They must be taken in hand
9. Meat Is Murder
Heifer whines could be human criesCloser comes the screaming knife
This beautiful creature must dieThis beautiful creature must die
A death for no reason
And death for no reason is murderAnd the flesh you so fancifully fry
Is not succulent, tasty or kind
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It's death for no reason
And death for no reason is murderAnd the calf that you carve with a smile
It is murder
And the turkey you festively sliceIt is murder
Do you know how animals die?
Kitchen aromas aren't very homely
It's not comforting, cheery or kindIt's sizzling blood and the unholy stench of murder
It's not natural, normal or kindThe flesh you so fancifully fry
The meat in your mouth
As you savour the flavour of murderNo No No - It is Murder
No No No - It is Murder
And who hears when animals cry?
The Queen Is Dead (1986)
1. The Queen Is Dead
(Oh! Take me back to dear old Blighty,
Put me on the train for London Town,Take me anywhere,
Drop me anywhere,Liverpool, Leeds or Birmingham
'Cause I don't care,
I should like to see my...I don't bless them)
(Farewell...)
to this land's cheerless marshes
Hemmed in like a boar between archesHer very Lowness with her head in a sling
I'm truly sorry but it sounds like a wonderful thingI say: "Charles, don't you ever crave
To appear on the front of the Daily Mail
Dressed in your Mother's bridal veil?"And so I checked all the registered historical facts
And I was shocked into shame to discoverHow I'm the 18th pale descendant
Of some old queen or other
Oh has the world changed or have I changed?Oh has the world changed or have I changed?
As some 9-year old tough who peddles drugs
(I swear to God, I swear)I never even knew what drugs were
And so I broke into the Palace
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With a sponge and a rusty spanner
She said: "Eh, I know you and you cannot sing!"I said: "That's nothing, you should hear me play piano!"
We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dryAnd talk about precious things
But when you're tied to your Mother's apronNo one talks about castration
We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
And talk about precious thingsLike love and law and poverty
These are the things that kill meWe can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
And talk about precious things
But the rain that flattens my hairThese are the things that kill me
(All their life, they make love, and pierce through me)
Passed the Pub that saps your bodyAnd the church who'll snatch your money
The Queen is dead, boysAnd it's so lonely on a limb
Passed the Pub that wrecks your body
And the church - all they want is your moneyThe Queen is dead, boys
And it's so lonely on a limb
(Life is very long when you're lonely)
2. Frankly, Mr. Shankly
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've heldIt pays my way and it corrodes my soul
I want to leave, you will not miss me
I want to go down in musical history
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, I'm a sickening wreckI've got the 21st Century breathing down my neck
I must move fast, you understand me
I want to go down in celluloid history, Mr. Shankly
Fame, Fame, fatal FameIt can play hideous tricks on the brain
But still I'd rather be Famous
Than righteous or holy, any day, any day, any day
But sometimes I'd feel more fulfilledMaking Christmas cards with the mentally ill
I want to live and I want to love
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I want to catch something that I might be ashamed of
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've held
It pays my way and it corrodes my soul
Oh I didn't realise that you wrote poetryI didn't realise you wrote such bloody awful poetry, Mr. Shankly
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask
You are a flatulent pain in the arse
I do not mean to be so rudeStill I must speak frankly, Mr. Shankly
(Oh give us your money!)
3. I Know It's Over
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
and as I climb into an empty bedOh well, enough said
I know it's over still I cling
I don't know where else I can go, mother
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my headSee, the sea wants to take me
the knife wants to slit me
Do you think you can help me?
Sad veiled bride, please be happyHandsome groom, give her room
Loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
although she needs you more than she loves you
And I know it's overstill I cling
I don't know where else I can go
it's over, it's over, it's over
I know it's overand it never really began
but in my heart it was so real
and you even spoke to me and said:
"If you're so funnythen why are you on your own tonight?
and if you're so clever
then why are you on your own tonight?if you're so very entertaining
then why are you on your own tonight?if you're so very good looking
why do you sleep alone tonight?
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I know because tonight is just like any other night
that's why you're on your own tonightwith your triumphs and your charms
while they are in each other's arms"
It's so easy to laugh
it's so easy to hateit takes strength to be gentle and kind
it's over, over, over
It's so easy to laugh
it's so easy to hateit takes guts to be gentle and kind
it's over, over, over
Love is natural and real
but not for you, my love
not tonight my loveLove is natural and real
but not for such as you and I, my love
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my headOh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my headOh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
4. Never Had No One Ever
When you walk without ease on these
Streets where you were raisedI had a really bad dream
It lasted 20 years 7 months and 27 daysAnd I never, ever.. had no one ever
(Now I'm outside your house
I'm aloneAnd I'm outside your houseI'd hate to intrude
Oh, I now I'm lone
I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm aloneAnd I never, never...oh... had no one ever
I never had no one everI never had no, no one ever
Had no one never
Never...no...)
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5. Cemetry Gates
A dreaded sunny day
So I meet you at the cemetry gatesKeats and Yeats are on your side
A dreaded sunny day
So I meet you at the cemetry gatesKeats and Yeats are on your side
While Wilde is on mineSo we go inside and we gravely read the stones
All those people, all those lives
Where are they now?With loves and hates
And passions just like mineThey were born
And then they lived
And then they diedSeems so unfair
I want to cryYou say: "Ere thrice the sun hath done
salutation to the dawn"
And you claim these words as your ownBut I've read well and I've heard them said
A hundred times (maybe less, maybe more)If you must write prose or poems
The words you use should be your own
Don't plagiarise or take 'on loan'
There's always someone, somewhereWith a big nose who knowsAnd who trips you up and laughs
When you fall
Who'll trip you up and laughWhen you fall
You say: "Ere long done do does did"Words which could only be your own
And then produce the text
From whence was ripped'Some dizzy whore', 1804
A dreaded sunny daySo let's go where we're happyAnd I meet you at the cemetry gates
Oh Keats and Yeats are on your sideA dreaded sunny day
So let's go where we're wanted
And I meet you at the cemetry gatesKeats and Yeats are on your side
But you lose'Cause weird lover Wilde is on mine
(sugar)
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6. Bigmouth Strikes Again
Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking
When I said I'd like to smash every toothIn your head
Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking
When I said by rights you should beBludgeoned in your bed
And now I know how Joan of Arc felt
Now I know how Joan of Arc felt
As the flames rose to her Roman noseAnd her Walkman started to melt
Bigmouth
Bigmouth
Bigmouth strikes againAnd I've got no right to take my place
With the human race
Bigmouth
BigmouthBigmouth strikes again
And I've got no right to take my placeWith the human race
And now I know how Joan of Arc felt
Now I know how Joan of Arc feltAs the flames rose to her Roman noseAnd her hearing aid started to melt
BigmouthBigmouth
Bigmouth strikes againAnd I've got no right to take my place
With the human race
Bigmouth
BigmouthBigmouth strikes againAnd I've got no right to take my place
With the human race
Bigmouth
BigmouthBigmouth strikes again
And I've got no right to take my placeWith the human race
BigmouthBigmouth
Bigmouth strikes again
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And I've got no right to take my place
With the human race
7. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
The boy with the thorn in his sideBehind the Hatred there lies
A murderous desire for loveHow can they look into my eyes
And still they don't believe me?
How can they hear me say those wordsAnd still they don't believe me?
And if they don't believe me nowWill they ever believe me?
And if they don't believe me nowWill they, will they ever believe me?
The boy with the thorn in his sideBehind the Hatred there lies
A plundering desire for love
How can they see the Love in our eyesAnd still they don't believe us?
And after all this timeThey don't want to believe us
And if they don't believe us now
Will they ever believe us?And when you want to Live
How do you start?Where do you go?
Who do you need to know?
8. Vicar In A Tutu
I was minding my business
Lifting some lead offThe roof of the Holy Name church
It was worthwhile living a laughable lifeTo set my eyes on the blistering sight
Of a vicar in a tutu
He's not strangeHe just wants to live his life this way
A scanty bit of a thing
Covered with a decorative ring
Wouldn't cover the head of a gooseAs Rose collects the money in the cannister
Who comes sliding down the bannister?
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Vicar in a tutu
He's not strangeHe just wants to live his life this way
The monkish monsignorWith a head full of plaster
Said: "My man, get your vile soul dry-cleaned!"As Rose counts the money in the cannister
As natural as Rain
And he dances again, my GodVicar in a tutu..
The next day in the pulpit
With Freedom and Ease
Combatting ignorance, dust with diseaseAs Rose counts the money in the cannister
As natural as Rain
And he dances again and again..With a fabric of a tutu
Any man could get used toAnd I am the living sign
And I'm a living sign
I'm a living sign..
9. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Take me out tonightWhere there's music and there's people
Who are young and alive
Driving in your carI never, never want to go home
Because I haven't got oneAnymore
Take me out tonight
Because I want to see peopleAnd I want to see lightsDriving in your car
Oh please, don't drop me home
Because it's not my home, it's their homeAnd I'm welcome no more
And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your sideIs such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten ton truckKills the both of us
To die by your side
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Well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine
Take me out tonight
Take me anywhere, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
And in the darkened underpassI thought: 'Oh God, my chance has come at last!'
But then a strange fear gripped meAnd I just couldn't ask
Take me out tonightOh take me anywhere, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
Driving in your carI never, never want to go home
Because I haven't got one
Oh I haven't got one
And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into usTo die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to dieAnd if a ten ton truck
Kills the both of usTo die by your side
Well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine
There is a light and it never goes out..
10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
From the ice age to the dole age
There is but one concern
I have just discovered
Some girls are bigger than othersSome girls are bigger than others
Some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls' mothers
As Antony said to CleopatraAs he opened a crate of aleOh I say
Some girls are bigger than othersSome girls are bigger than others
Some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls' mothers
(Send me the pillow
The one that you dream onSend me the pillow
The one that you dream onAnd I'll send you mine...)
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Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
1. A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours
Hello, I am the ghost of troubled JoeHung by his pretty white neck some eighteen months ago
I traveled to a mystical time zoneAnd I missed my bed and I soon came home
They said "There's too much caffeine in your bloodstream
And a lack of real spice in your life"I said "Leave me alone, because I'm alright, dadSurprised to still be on my own"
Oh, but don't mention loveI'd hate the strain of the pain again
A rush and a push and the land that we stand on is ours
It has been before, so it shall be again
And people who are uglier than you and IThey take what they need and just leave
Oh, but don't mention love
I'd hate the pain of the strain all over again
A rush and a push and the land that we stand on is ours
It has been before, so why can't it be now?And people who are weaker than you and I
They take what they want from life
Oh, but don't mention love
No, no, don't mention love
A rush and a push and the land we stand on is ours
Your youth may be gone but you're still a young manSo phone me, phone me
So phone me, phone me, phone me
Oh, I think I'm in love
Oh, I think I'm in loveOh, I think I'm in love, think I'm in love
Oh, I think I'm in love
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2. I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
The lanes were silent
There was nothing, no one, nothing around for milesI doused our friendly venture
With a hard-faced three-word gesture
I started something, I forced you to a zone
And you were clearly never meant to goHair brushed and parted, typical me, typical me, typical me
I started something and now I'm not too sure
I grabbed you by the gilded beams
That's what tradition meansAnd I doused another venture
With a gesture that was absolutely vile
I started something, I forced you to a zone
And you were clearly never meant to goHair brushed and parted, typical me, typical me, typical me
I started something and now I'm not too sure
I grabbed you by the gilded beams
That's what tradition meansAnd now eighteen months' hard labour seems
Fair enough
I started something, I forced you to a zoneAnd you were clearly never meant to goHair brushed and parted, typical me, typical me, typical me
I started something and now I'm not too sure
I started something, I started something
Typical me, typical me, typical me, typical me
Typical me, typical me, typical me
I started something and now I'm not too sure
3. Death Of A Disco Dancer
The death of a disco dancerWell, it happens a lot 'round here
And if you think peace is a common goalThat goes to show how little you know
The death of a disco dancer
Well, I'd rather not get involvedI never talk to my neighbourI'd rather not get involved
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Love, peace and harmonyLove, peace and harmony
Oh, very nice, very nice, very nice, very nice
But maybe in the next world
Love, peace and harmonyLove, peace and harmony
Oh, very nice, very nice, very nice, very nice
But maybe in the next world, maybe in the next world, maybe in the next world
Love, peace and harmonyLove, peace and harmony
Oh, very nice, very nice, very nice
But maybe in the next world, maybe in the next world
The next world, the next world
The death of a disco dancerThe death of a disco dancer
4. Girlfriend In A Coma
Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know it's serious
Girlfriend in a coma, I knowI know it's really serious
There were times when I could have murdered her
But you know, I would hate anything to happen to her
No, I don't want to see her
Do you really think she'll pull through?Do you really think she'll pull through?
Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know it's seriousBye, bye, bye, bye, byeBye, baby, goodbye
There were times when I could have strangled herBut you know, I would hate anything to happen to her
Would you please let me see her?
Do you really think she'll pull through?
Do you really think she'll pull through?Let me whisper my last goodbyes
I know it's serious
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5. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
Stop me, oh, oh, oh, stop meStop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Stop me, oh, oh, oh, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Nothing's changed, I still love youOh, I still love you
Only slightly, only slightly less
Than I used to, my love
I was delayed, I was waylaidAn emergency stop
I smelt the last ten seconds of lifeI crashed down on the crossbarAnd the pain was enough
To make a shy, bald Buddhist reflectAnd plan a mass murder
Who said I'd lied to her?
Oh, who said I'd lied, because I never, I neverWho said I lied, because I never
I was detained, I was restrained
And broke my spleen and broke my knee
And then he really lays into meFriday night in Outpatients
Who said I'd lied to her?Oh, who said I lied, because I never, I never
Who said I lied, because I never
And so I drank one, it became four
And when I fell on the floor, I drank more
Stop me, oh, oh, oh, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Stop me, oh, oh, oh, stop meStop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Nothing's changed, I still love you
Oh, I still love youOnly slightly, only slightly less
Than I used to, my love
6. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
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Last night I dreamt
That somebody loved meNo hope, no harm
Just another false alarm
Last night I felt
Real arms around meNo hope, no harm
Just another false alarm
So tell me how long
Before the last one?And tell me how long
Before the right one?
This story is old
I know, but it goes on
This story is oldI know, but it goes on
It goes on
7. Unhappy Birthday
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthdayBecause you're evil and you lie
And if you should die, I may feel slightly sad but I won't cry
Loved and lost and some may say
When usually it's nothing, surely you're happy it should be this way?I say no, I'm gonna kill my dog
May the lines sag, the lines sag heavy and deep tonight
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
Because you're evil and you lieAnd if you should die, I may feel slightly sad but I won't cry
Loved and lost and some may say
When usually it's nothing, surely you're happy it should be this way?I said no and then I shot myself
So drink, drink, drink and be ill tonight
From the one you left behind
From the one you left behindFrom the one you left behind
From the one you left behind
Behind, behind, behind
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Behind, behind, behind
Oh, unhappy birthday
8. Paint A Vulgar Picture
At the record company meetingOn their hands a dead star
And oh, the plans they weaveAnd oh, the sickening greed
At the record company partyOn their hands a dead star
The sycophantic slags all say"I knew him first and I knew him well"
Reissue, repackage, repackageRe-evaluate the songs
Double-pack with a photographExtra track and a tacky badge
A-list, playlist, please them, please them, please themSadly, this was your life
But you could have said no if you'd wanted toYou could have said no if you'd wanted to
BPI, MTV, BBC, please them, please themSadly, this was your life
But you could have said no if you'd wanted toYou could have walked away, couldn't you?
I touched you at the sound checkYou had no real way of knowing
In my heart, I begged "take me with you"I don't care where you're going
But to you I was faceless, I was fawning, I was boring
A child from those ugly new housesWho could never begin to knowWho could never really know
Best of, most ofSatiate the need
Slip them into different sleevesBuy both and feel deceived
Climber, new entry, re-entryWorld tour, media whore, please the press in Belgium
This was your life, and when it fails to recoup, well maybeYou just haven't earned it yet, baby
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I walked a pace behind you at the sound check
You're just the same as I amWhat makes most people feel happy
Leads us headlong into harm
So, in my bedroom in those ugly new houses
I danced my legs down to the kneesBut me and my true love
Will never meet again
At the record company meeting
On their hands, at last, a dead starBut they can never taint you in my eyes
They can never touch you now
No, they cannot hurt you, my darling
They cannot touch you now
But me and my true loveWill never meet again
9. Death At One's Elbow
Oh Glenn, don't come to the house tonight
Oh Glenn, oh Glenn, don't come to the house tonightOh Glenn, because there's somebody here who really, really loves you
Oh Glenn, stay home, be bored, it's crap, I know tonight
Oh Glenn, oh Glenn, don't come to the house tonight
Oh Glenn, oh Glenn, don't come to the house tonightBecause there's somebody here who'll take a hatchet to your ear
The frustration it renders me hateful, Glenn
Don't come to the house tonight
Don't come to the house tonightBecause you'll slip on the trail of my sad remains
That's why, that's why
Goodbye my love, goodbye my loveGoodbye my love, goodbye my loveGoodbye my love, goodbye my love
10. I Won't Share You
I won't share youI won't share you
With the drive and ambition, the zeal I feel
This is my time
The note I wrote, as she read she said
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"Has the Perrier gone straight to my head?
Or is life sick and cruel instead?"Yes, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
I won't share youI won't share you
With the drive and the dreams insideThis is my time
Life tends to come and goThat's okay as long as you know
Life tends to come and goAs long as you know
I won't share youI won't share you
With the drive and the dreams inside
This is my time
ENJOY!!!
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