The Smiths albums lyrics

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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...


Oh, I wouldn't say no

Oh, people see no worth in youOh, but I do.


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?


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


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


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


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


YouKick them when they fall down

Kick them when they fall downYou


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 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, I started something

Typical me, typical me, typical me, typical me

Typical me, typical me, typical me


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


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


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



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


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


With the drive and the dreams inside

This is my time

ENJOY!!!

Sve knjige na svetu trebalo bi da budu knjige utehe, toliko ima nesrenih na zemlji. Jovan Dui

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