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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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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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Tears for Fears – Suffer the Children
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[Verse 1: Roland Orzabal] / It's a sad affair / When there's no one there / He calls out in the night / And it's so unfair / At least it seems that way / When you gave him his life
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Song Lyrics & Knowledge - Genius
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variations on suffer little children (smiths cover, piano). Annotation. Annotation 1 contributor. Share Tweet. Tap & hold to copy url.
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ataraxia17
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ataraxia17 is keeping quiet for now
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Relauncing one of the greats in rock: The Smiths
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Over the last few days I have gone through the whole discography of The Smiths here on Genius. Going through each studio and compilation album, adding metadata, correcting album art, rewriting old SLA’s, answering questions, accepting/archiving comments, suggestions and annotations, upvoting, upvoting, upvoting all the good work already present, deleting pressburgs.. ahem.. contributions? Anyway – everything is in a pretty good shape, so NOW is a better time than ever (on Genius) to dive into the amazing band that was the Smiths – whether your Smiths virginity is still intact or if you’re looking to revisit an old love.
Need further incentive? How about the fact that knowledge of and love for the Smiths might get you a data with Zooey!
P.s. there’s still a lot of potential work to do on annotations etc. I’ll keep a keen eye, as I have all their songs #followed, so your work won’t go unnoticed.
P.p.s. To encourage comments in this thread I ask thee: What are your favourite three the Smiths'
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Tears for Fears – Suffer the Children (Original Version)
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[Intro: Curt Smith] / Hold him, tell him that you love him / Tell him he's allowed to cry, it's alright / [Verse 1: Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith] / Hold him, tell him that you love
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Jan 18, 2024 ... – Grin Lyrics · andi1 – Akita Inu Lyrics (Unreleased) · Rocco – Late ... Hollyc – variations on suffer little children (smiths cover, piano) ...
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The Smiths – Miserable Lie
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“Miserable Lie” tells the story of a naive country boy corrupted by the lustful ways of a prostitute. A quintessential Smiths track.
It is especially notable for its odd song
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mewithoutYou – I Never Said That I Was Brave
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“I Never Said That I Was Brave” is the ninth song from mewithoutYou’s debut album, [A→B] Life.
It was also the first track on the EP with the same name.
The title seems to be
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Current 93 – Black Flowers Please
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Oh when I saw you standing there / Wild flowers dying in Your hair / Child of harvest time coughing up must / Black flowers' dull perfume trailing in dust / Hoisting dark pennants
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The Smiths – Reel Around the Fountain
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From The Smiths' eponymous first album. “Reel Around the Fountain” met with controversy, with some tabloid newspapers alleging the songs were suggestive of paedophilia, a claim
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The Smiths – Still Ill
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“Still Ill” is a 1984 track by The Smiths, composed by lead singer Morrissey and guitarist Marr. The track premiered on the eponymous debut album The Smiths.
The song is primarily
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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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Tears for Fears – Suffer the Children (Demo)
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[Intro: Curt Smith] / Hold him, tell him that you love him / Tell him he's allowed to cry, it's alright / [Verse 1: Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith] / Hold him, tell him that you love
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Jamiroquai – Too Young To Die
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“Too Young To Die” is the second promotional single released by Jamiroquai, released three months before their debut album. It reached #10 on the UK Singles Chart.
The track
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Jamiroquai – Too Young To Die (Extended Mix)
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Everybody, don't want no war, cos we're all too young to die / So many people, all around the world now, seen their brothers fry? / What's the motive? / In your madness you've made
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Jamiroquai; Rowpieces – Too Young to Die (Rowpieces Remix)
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[Verse 1] / Everybody / Don't want no war, no / No, no, no / We're too young to die / (Too young to die!) / So many people / All around the world, yeah / All around the world
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Sandie Shaw & The Smiths – Hand In Glove
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[Verse 1] / Hand in glove / The sun shines out of our behinds / No, it's not like any other love / This one is different because it's us! / Hand in glove / We can go wherever we
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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.
Morrissey
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The Smiths – These Things Take Time
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“These Things Take Time” is another upbeat Smiths' song with an homoerotic sexual undertone. It was originally released as a B-side to the maxi single version of “What Difference
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The Smiths – I Don't Owe You Anything
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“I Don’t Owe You Anything” tells the story of a person trying to charm someone over Johnny Marr’s smooth groove.
As stated in the book Mozipedia – The Encyclopedia of Morrissey
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Corey Smith – Powerful Feeling
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[Verse 1] / Hey young lady don't be alarmed / He might come on kinda strong but he don't mean you any harm / You write the book, make him learn the rules / Once you get him trained
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