 Genius Lyrics
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The Smiths – What She Said
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“What She Said” is told from a female perspective – it’s rare for male songwriters to write about women with empathy rather than desire – and how it taps into a certain kind of
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The Smiths – Rubber Ring / What She Said / Rubber Ring (Live in Boston)
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[Intro - Rubber Ring] / [Instrumental] / [Part 2: What She Said] / [Verse 1] / What she said / "How come someone hasn't noticed that I'm dead / And decided to bury me? God knows, I
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The Smiths – Rubber Ring / What She Said (Live in London, 1986) [Medley]
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[Part I: Rubber ring] / Yeah! / [Part II: What She Said] / [Verse 1] / What she says / "How come someone hasn't noticed that I'm dead / And decided to bury me? God knows, I'm ready
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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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The Smiths – Girl Afraid
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On “Girl Afraid” Morrisey plays with the word girlfriend as “girl afraid” and boyfriend as “boy afraid”. The song deals with mistaken assumptions in the relationship of said girl
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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 – Half a Person
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This song is about adolescence and a crush that Morrissey used to have during his teen years but never said anything to, which he is addressing here.
This song shows everything
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Youth Brigade – What She Said
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[Verse 1] / What she said / "How come someone hasn't noticed that I'm dead / And decided to bury me / God knows I'm ready" / Throw me into the ground / [Verse 2] / What she said
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Katy Goodman – What She Said
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[Verse 1] / What she said / "How come someone hasn't noticed that I'm dead / And decided to bury me? God knows, I'm ready!" / [Verse 2] / What she said was sad / But then, all the
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The Smiths – The Queen is Dead
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“The Queen is Dead” parodies media fascination with the royal family over bombastic guitar bursts and an aggressive bass line. Officially listed on physical tracklist as “The Queen
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The Smiths – I Know It's Over
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“I Know It’s Over” is a ballad for the desperate and lonely. It uses basic allusions to the idea of loneliness producing despair, but the attention to the speaker’s ego, and how it
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The Smiths – Rusholme Ruffians
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“Rusholme Ruffians”, with Johnny Marr’s rockabilly riff, is about Manchester and makes the city (home of much of the history of British feminism, socialism, vegetarianism and the
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The Smiths – I Won’t Share You
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On “I Won’t Share You” Morrissey let’s his inner egoist show, shamelessly breaking up with his lover whom he sees as burden. The “lover” can be interpreted as Smiths' guitarist
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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 – I Know It's Over (Live in Boston)
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[Verse 1] / I can feel the soil falling over my head / And as I climb into an empty bed / Oh well, enough said / [Chorus] / I know it's over, still I cling / I don't know where
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The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead (Live in Boston)
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[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 – The Queen Is Dead (Live in London, 1986)
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[Intro] / Hello! / [Verse 1] / Farewell to these marshes / Hemmed in like a boar between archers / Her very Lowness with a head in a sling / I'm truly sorry, it sounds like a
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The Smiths – Cemetry Gates (Demo)
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[Chorus] / A dreaded sunny day / So I meet you at the cemetry gates / Keats and Yeats are on your side / A dreaded sunny day / So I meet you at the cemetry gates / Keats and Yeats
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The Smiths – Rubber Ring
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Well respected by Smiths fans and critics alike, “Rubber Ring” is a song about coming of age, and leaving the awkward, difficult period in life that is being a teenager.
Morrissey
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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 – Rusholme Ruffians (Peel session, August 1984)
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[Verse 1] / The last night of the fair / By the big wheel generator / A boy is stabbed and his money is grabbed / And the air hangs heavy like a dulling wine / She is famous, she
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The Smiths – Never Had No One Ever (Live in Boston)
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[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 / [
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The Smiths – How Soon Is Now? (Live in Boston)
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[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
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The Smiths – Rubber Ring Samples
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See all of “Rubber Ring” by The Smiths’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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The Smiths – Is It Really so Strange? (Live in Boston)
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[Intro] / Is it really so strange? / I left the North, I travelled South / I found a tiny house and I can't help the way I feel / Oh yes, you can kick me, and you can punch me
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The Smiths – His Latest Flame / Rusholme Ruffians (Live in London, 1986) [Medley]
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[Part I: His Latest Flame] / [Verse 1] / Very old friend / Came by today / As he was telling everyone in town / Of all the love that he'd just found / [Chorus] / And Marie's the
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The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again (Demo)
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[Verse] / Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking when I said / I'd like to smash every tooth in your head / Oh-oh, sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said / By rights
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The Cure – Just Like Heaven
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“Just Like Heaven” was the third single from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me It was inspired by a trip Robert Smith took with his then-girlfriend (future wife) Mary Poole to Beachy Head
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The Smiths – The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (Demo Mix)
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[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
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The Smiths – Never Had No One Ever (Demo)
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[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 / [
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The Smiths – Vicar in a Tutu (Live in London, 1986)
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[Verse 1] / I was minding my business / Lifting some lead off / The roof of the Holy Name church / It was worthwhile living a laughable life / To set my eyes on the blistering
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Song Directory
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Apr 17, 2023 ... 26AR & Rocko Ballin – See Fire Lyrics (Unreleased) · The Smiths – Rubber Ring / What She Said / Rubber Ring (Live in Boston) Lyrics · 宮野真守 ...
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The Smiths – Stretch out and Wait (Live in Boston)
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[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-
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The Smiths – Wonderful Woman
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Here’s what Morrissey said about this song (as quoted in Simon Goddard’s book ‘Songs That Saved Your Life’):
“In a monotonous way, it’s quite tongue-and-cheek. The wonderful woman
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The Smiths – I Want the One I Can't Have (Live in Boston)
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[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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The Smiths – Frankly, Mr Shankly (Demo)
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[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
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The Smiths – The Boy with the Thorn In His Side (Live in Boston)
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[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
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Song Directory
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Apr 17, 2023 ... IMCT Music – Inexplicável Amor · 26AR & Rocko Ballin – See Fire Lyrics (Unreleased) · The Smiths – Rubber Ring / What She Said / Rubber Ring ...
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The Smiths – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Live in Boston)
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[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
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