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Artist: The Smiths
Track: The Boy with the Thorn in His Side

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The boy with the thorn in his side
Behind the hatred there lies
A murderous desire for love
How can they look into my eyes
And still they don't believe me?
How can they hear me say those words
Still they don't believe me?
And if they don't believe me now
Will they ever believe me?
And if they don't believe me now
Will they ever, they ever, believe me?
Oh

The boy with the thorn in his side
Behind the hatred there lies
A plundering desire for love
How can they see the Love in our eyes
And still they don't believe us?
And after all this time
They 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?

Oh
Oh no
Oh
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The Smiths – The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
[Chorus] / The boy with the thorn in his side / Behind the hatred there lies / A murderous desire / For love / [Verse 1] / How can they look into my eyes / And still they don't
The Smiths – The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (Demo Mix)
[Chorus] / The boy with the thorn in his side / Behind the hatred there lies / A murderous desire / For love / [Verse 1] / How can they look into my eyes / And still they don't
The Smiths – The Boy with the Thorn In His Side (Live in Boston)
[Chorus] / The boy with the thorn in his side / Behind the hatred there lies / A murderous desire / For love / [Verse 1] / How can they look into my eyes / And still they don't
Jeff Buckley – The Boy With A Thorn In His Side
“The Boy With A Thorn In His Side” is a Jeff Buckley cover of The Smiths song, from the album The Queen Is Dead. Morrissey has stated the lyrics are an expression of his
The Smiths – The Boy with the Thorn in His Side (Live in London, 1986)
[Chorus] / The boy with the thorn in his side / Behind the hatred there lies / A murderous desire / For love / [Verse 1] / How can they look into my eyes / And still they don't
Bis – The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
[Chorus] / The boy with the thorn in his side / Behind the hatred there lies / A murderous desire / For love / [Verse 1] / How can they look into my eyes / And still they don't
Jejune – The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
[Chorus] / The boy with the thorn in his side / Behind the hatred there lies / A murderous desire / For love / [Verse 1] / How can they look into my eyes / And still they don't
The Smiths – Never Had No One Ever (Live in Boston)
[Verse 1] / When you walk without ease / On these / Streets where you were raised / I had a really bad dream / It lasted 20 years, 7 months, and 27 days / I never, I'm alone / [
The Smiths – Hand in Glove (Live in Boston)
[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
The Smiths – Stretch out and Wait (Live in Boston)
[Verse 1] / All the lies that you make up / What's at the back of your mind? / Oh, your face I can see and it's desperately kind / But what's at the back of your mind? / Two icy-
The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead (Live in Boston)
[Verse 1] / (Farewell) To this land's cheerless marshes / Hemmed in like a boar between archers / Her very Lowness with her head in a sling / But it sounds like a wonderful thing
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The Smiths – Frankly, Mr Shankly (Demo)
[Verse 1] / Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've held / It 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
The Smiths – How Soon Is Now? (Live in Boston)
[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse] / I am the son and the heir / Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar / I am the son and heir / Of nothing in particular / [Chorus] / You shut your
The Smiths – Never Had No One Ever (Demo)
[Verse 1] / When you walk without ease / On these / Streets where you were raised / I had a really bad dream / It lasted 20 years, 7 months, and 27 days / And I doh-doh-don't / [
The Smiths – That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (Live in Boston)
[Verse 1] / Park the car at the side of the road / You should know time's tide will smother you / And I will too / When you laugh about people who feel so very lonely / Their only
The Smiths – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Live in Boston)
[Verse 1] / Take me out tonight / Where there's music and there's people / And they're young and alive / Driving in your car / I never, never want to go home / Because I haven't
The Smiths – I Want the One I Can't Have (Live in Boston)
[Intro] / On the day that your mentality / Decides to try to catch up with your biology / Come round / [Chorus] / Cause I want the one I can't have / And it's driving me mad / It's
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Q:When did The Smiths release The Boy With The Thorn In His Side - Single?
The Smiths released The Boy With The Thorn In His Side - Single on September 23, 1985.
Q:Who wrote “The Boy with the Thorn in His Side” by The Smiths?
“The Boy with the Thorn in His Side” by The Smiths was written by Morrissey & Johnny Marr.
Q:Who wrote “The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (Demo Mix)” by The Smiths?
“The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (Demo Mix)” by The Smiths was written by Johnny Marr & Morrissey.
Q:Who wrote “The Boy With The Thorn In His Side” by Jejune?
“The Boy With The Thorn In His Side” by Jejune was written by The Smiths.
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