Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
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1
A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours
03 : 00
2
I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish
03 : 48
3
Death of a Disco Dancer
05 : 26
4
Girlfriend in a Coma
02 : 02
5
Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
03 : 33
6
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
05 : 06
7
Unhappy Birthday
02 : 45
8
Paint a Vulgar Picture
05 : 35
9
Death at One’s Elbow
02 : 02
10
I Won’t Share You
02 : 48
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Track Lyrics
I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The lanes were silent
There was nothing, no one, nothing around for miles
I doused our friendly venture
With a hard-faced three-word gesture
[Chorus]
I started something
I forced you to a zone
And you were clearly never meant to go
Hair brushed and parted
Typical me, typical me, typical me
I started something and now I'm not too sure
[Verse 2]
I grabbed you by the guilded beams
Oh, that's what tradition means
And I doused another venture
With a gesture that was absolutely vile
[Chorus]
I started something
I forced you to a zone
And you were clearly never meant to go
Hair brushed and parted
Typical me, typical me, typical me
I started something and now I'm not too sure
[Verse 3]
I grabbed you by the guilded beams
Oh, that's what tradition means
And now eighteen months' hard labour seems
Fair enough
[Chorus]
I started something
And I forced you to a zone
And you were clearly never meant to go
Hair brushed and parted
Typical me, typical me, typical me
I started something and now I'm not too sure
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
Okay Stephen. Do that again
Death of a Disco Dancer Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The death of a disco dancer
Well, it happens a lot 'round here
And if you think peace is a common goal
That goes to show how little you know
[Verse 2]
The death of a disco dancer
Well, I'd rather not get involved
I never talk to my neighbour
I'd rather not get involved
[Interlude]
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
[Chorus]
Love, peace and harmony?
Love, peace and harmony?
Oh, very nice, very nice
Very nice, very nice
But maybe in the next world
Love, peace and harmony?
Love, peace and harmony?
Oh, very nice, 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 harmony?
Love, peace and harmony?
Oh, very nice, very nice, very nice
But maybe in the next world
Maybe in the next world
[Outro]
(The next world, the next world)
(The next world, the next world)
The next world, the next world
Oh-oh-oh-ah
The death of a disco dancer
The death of a disco dancer
The death of a disco dancer
[Instrumental Outro]
Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before Lyrics
[Chorus]
Stop me, oh-oho, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Stop me, oh-oho, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Nothing's changed
I still love you, oh, I still love you
Only slightly, only slightly less
Than I used to, my love
[Verse 1]
I was delayed, I was waylaid
An emergency stop
I smelt the last ten seconds of life
I crashed down on the crossbar
And the pain was enough to make
A shy, bald, Buddhist reflect
And plan a mass murder
Who said I'd lied to her?
Oh, who said I'd lied because I never? I never!
Who said I'd lied because I never?
[Verse 2]
I was detained, I was restrained
And broke my spleen
And broke my knee
And then he really laced into me
Friday night in Out-patients
Who said I'd lied to her?
Oh, who said I'd lied? Because I never, I never
Who said I'd lied? Because I never
And so I drank one
It became four
And when I fell on the floor I drank more
[Chorus]
Stop me, oh, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Stop me, oh, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Nothing's changed
I still love you, oh, I still love you
Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love
Unhappy Birthday Lyrics
[Chorus]
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
Cause 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?
[Verse 1]
I say "No, I'm gonna kill my dog"
And "May the lines sag, may the lines sag heavy and deep tonight"
[Chorus]
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
Cause 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?
[Verse 2]
I said "No"
And then I shot myself
So, drink, drink, drink
And be ill tonight
[Outro]
From the one you left behind
From the one you left behind
From the one you left behind
From the one you left behind
Behind
Behind
Behind
Behind
Behind
Behind
Oh, unhappy birthday
Behind
Behind
Behind
Death at One’s Elbow Lyrics
21 ContributorsDeath at One’s Elbow LyricsThroughout this song, Morrissey keeps returning to themes of death and parting, almost as if he had seen the breakup coming, and dishes out bitter indictments.Oh, Glenn, don't come to the house tonight
Oh, Glenn, oh, Glenn
Don't come to the house tonight
Oh 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 tonight
Because there's somebody here Who'll take a hatchet to your ear
The frustration it renders me hateful, oh...
Oh, don't come to the house tonight
Oh, don't come to the house tonight
Because you'll slip on the trail of all my sad remains
That's why, that's why goodbye my love, goodbye my love
Goodbye my love, goodbye my love
Goodbye my love, goodbye my love
Goodbye my love, goodbye my love
I Won’t Share You Lyrics
[Chorus 1]
I won't share you, no
I won't share you
With the drive
And ambition
The zeal I feel
This is my time
[Verse 1]
The note I wrote
As she read, she said
"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 - no - no - no
Oh...
[Chorus 2]
I won't share you, no
I won't share you
With the drive
And the dreams inside
This is my time
[Verse 2]
Life tends to come and go
That's okay
As long as you know
Life tends to come and go
As long as you know
Know, know, know, know, know
Know, know, know, know
Oh...
[Chorus 2]
I won't share you, no
I won't share you
With the drive
And the dreams inside
This is my time
[Verse 3]
I want the freedom and I want the guile
I want the freedom and the guile
Oh, life tends to come and go
As long as you know
Know, know, know, know
Know, know, know, know
Oh...
[Chorus 3]
I won't share you, no
I won't share you
I'll see you somewhere
I'll see you sometime
Darling...