 Genius Lyrics
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Morrissey – Little Man, What Now?
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A reference to Morrissey’s love of 1960s kitchen sink drama. The song details the fall of a minor celebrity from a TV star in the 1960s to an unknown in the 1970s. With the title
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The Smiths – Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
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This is a typical Morrissey song about a person who is upset or depressed, and doesn’t want to waste any more time on thoughtless people. It was released as a single backed with “
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Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White (Ft. Flo morrissey & Matthew E. White) – Look At What the Light Did Now
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[Verse 1: Matthew E. White] / Hear it like a pounce upon a pickle / Look at what the light did now / Bear it like a bounce upon the beagle / Look at what the light did now, Flo / [
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The Smiths – You've Got Everything Now
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Morrissey expresses his bitterness towards a person whom he implies is only faking his happiness, because Morrissey believes that having a casual life isn’t enough.
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JPEGMAFIA – I Cannot Fucking Wait Til Morrissey Dies
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“I Cannot Fucking Wait Til Morrissey Dies” is JPEGMAFIA’s diss track against Morrissey, the famous English vocalist and former lead singer of The Smiths.
The song is the result of
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Morrissey – Bobby, Don't You Think They Know?
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[Intro] / Let's hurry up / Why you walking on this side? / Get out of here / Hey / Get out of here / [Verse 1: Morrissey] / Ice snow, spikes blow / Bobby, don't you think they know
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The Smiths – This Charming Man
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“This Charming Man” is The Smiths' second single of 1983, depicting the story of a poor boy coming in contact with an upper class man and feeling unwelcome due to his lack of
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The Smiths – Suffer Little Children
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“Suffer Little Children” is the final track on The Smiths’s self-titled debut album. It is about the Moors murders, but only mentions one of the two murderers involved, namely Myra
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Morrissey – Sure Enough, The Telephone Rings
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Sure enough, the telephone rings / Who wants my money now? / Otherwise the telephone never would ring / No, oh, oh, oh / Sure enough, the telephone rings / Who wants my money now
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Morrissey – Everyday Is Like Sunday
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“Everyday is Like Sunday” was released as the second single off of Viva Hate and follows Morrissey’s disgust with a particular out-of-season beach town.
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Little Wings – Look At What The Light Did Now
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Hear it like a pounce upon a peak, oh / Look at what the light did now / Bear it like a bounce upon the beak, oh / Look at what the light did now / Land and water and bird or beast
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The Smiths – This Night Has Opened My Eyes
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“This Night Has Opened My Eyes” is inspired by and retells the events of the play A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney, as Morrissey told interviewers at NME in the 7 June 1986
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The Smiths – This Night Has Opened My Eyes
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“This Night Has Opened My Eyes” is inspired by and retells the events of the play A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney, as Morrissey told interviewers at NME in the 7 June 1986
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The Smiths – Pretty Girls Make Graves
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“Pretty Girls Make Graves” is about Morrissey’s view on sex expressed through an encounter with a lustful girl.
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Morrissey – Late Night, Maudlin Street
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[Intro] / Winter coming / Winter push on / Oh, winter push on / Winter is so long / Winter moves on / [Chorus 1] / The last night on Maudlin Street / Goodbye house, goodbye stairs
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Morrissey – Bengali in Platforms
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[Chorus 1] / Bengali, Bengali / Bengali, Bengali / No, no, no, he does not want to depress you / Oh, no, no, no, no, no, he only wants to impress you / [Verse 1] / Bengali in
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Morrissey – We'll Let You Know
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[Verse 1] / How sad are we? / And how sad have we been? / We'll let you know, we'll let you know / Oh, but only if you're really interested / You wonder how / We've stayed alive '
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The Smiths – Unloveable
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[Intro] / (Unlove—, unlove—, unloveable) / (Unlove—, unlove—, unloveable) / (Unlove—, unlove—, unloveable) / [Verse 1] / I know I'm unloveable / You don't have to tell me / I don't
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Morrissey – Glamorous Glue
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“Glamourous Glue” was released as a US only single and the last single off of Your Arsenal. The song evokes a disdain for hypocrisy and white lies that fill every day society and
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The Smiths – What Difference Does It Make?
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“What Difference Does It Make?” is the Smiths' third single in the UK, released on the 16th of January, 1984. The song peaked at #12 on the UK Singles Chart, being relevant in the
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Morrissey – I Don't Mind If You Forget Me
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[Chorus] / I don't mind / I don't mind if you forget me / Having learned my lesson / I never left an impression on anyone / [Verse 1] / So now you send me your hearty regards
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Morrissey – Spent the Day in Bed
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A day after Morrissey tweeted “Spent the Day in Bed” as his first tweet from his newly opened Twitter account, the first single from his upcoming album Low In High School, “Spent
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The Smiths – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
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“There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” is a sacred Smiths classic by now, one that makes fans across the globe join hands and mope together. To some it is a depressive anthem, to
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The Lonely Island – No Homo
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This song is a critique on homophobia among young, often athletic and/or alpha-type males. It starts off by describing how the phrase “no homo” can be used as a social mechanism to
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Morrissey – Alsatian Cousin
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“Alsatian Cousin” is about falling for someone you know you will never have. In this song, producer Stephen Street creates an ambiance of thick warping guitars and echoing voices.
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Morrissey – Margaret on the Guillotine
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A hugely controversial song at the time, as it describes Morrissey’s hatred for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher endured a large amount of criticism from the British
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Morrissey – The Last of the Famous International Playboys
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This track was the third single released by Morrissey, but never featured on any of his studio albums.
Although Morrissey is well-known for toeing the line between playing ‘
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Morrissey – Angel Angel Down We Go Together
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“Angel Angel Down We Go Together” is the only song (up to 2002) that Morrissey has written about former the Smiths member Johnny Marr and released.
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Morrissey – Break Up the Family
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[Verse 1] / The strange logic of your clumsiest line / It stayed emblazoned on my mind / You say break up the family, and let's begin to live our lives / I want to see all my
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Morrissey – Suedehead
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The lead single off of Morrissey’s solo debut, Suedehead, was a bigger hit than any of his songs with The Smiths, reaching #5 on the UK charts. The song appears to be about a
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