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Artist: The Smiths
Track: There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

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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 got one anymore

Take me out tonight
Because I want to see people
And I want to see life
Driving in your car
Oh, please, don't drop me home
Because it's not my home, it's their home
And I'm welcome no more

And if a double-decker bus crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten ton truck kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine

Take me out tonight
Take me anywhere, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
And in the darkened underpass
I thought, oh God, my chance has come at last
But then a strange fear gripped me
And I just couldn't ask

Take me out tonight
Oh, take me anywhere, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
Driving in your car
I never, never want to go home
Because I haven't got one, la-di-dum
Oh, I haven't got one
Oh, oh

And if a double-decker bus crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten ton truck kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine

Oh, there is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
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Genius Thai Translations (แปลภาษาไทย) – The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (แปลภาษาไทย)
[Verse 1] / พาผมออกไป ในคืนนี้ / ไปที่ที่มีเสียงเพลง และผู้คน / ที่พวกเขาเด็กและมีชีวิต / นั่งรถไปกับคุณ / ผมไม่อยาก ไม่อยากกลับบ้าน / เพราะผมไม่มีที่ ให้กลับแล้ว / พาผมออกไป
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