Morrissey - All You Need Is Me

You hiss and groan and you constantly moan
but you don't ever go away
and that's because all you need is me

you roll your eyes up to the skies
mock horrified - but you're still here
because all you need is me

there's so much destruction
all over the world
and all you can do is
complain about me

you bang your head against the wall and say you're sick of it all
yet you remain
'cause all you need is me

and then you offer your one-and-only
joke and you ask me what will I be
when I grow up to be a man
me? nothing...

there's a soft voice singing in your head
who can this be?
I do believe it's me

there's a naked man standing laughing in your dreams
you know who it is
but you don't like what it means

There's so much destruction
all over the world
and all you can do is
complain about me

I was a small fat child in a welfare house,
there was only one thing I ever dreamed about
and fate has just handed it to me, whoopee

You don't like me but you love me
either way, you're wrong
you're gonna miss me when I'm gone
you're gonna miss me when I'm gone

Morrissey - Will Never Marry

I'm writing this to say
In a gentle way
Thank you, but no
I will live my life as I
Will undoubtfully die - alone
I'm writing this to say
In a gentle way
Thank you..
I will live my life as I..
For whether you stay
Or you stray
An inbuilt guilt
That catches up with you
And as it comes around to your place
At 5 a.m. wakes you up
And it laughs in your face

Morrissey - When You Open Your Legs

It's 4am and once again
I am asked to leave this club in Tel Aviv
It's 4am and once again
I am asked to leave this club in Tel Aviv

Everything I know deserts me now
When you open your legs
Everything I know deserts me now
When you open

I see it all
I see it all as plain as day
How people only give once they receive
Soon there will come the very final pull of hairs
And until then I will scream out your word

Everything I know deserts me now
When you open your legs
Everything I know deserts me now
When you open

Everything I know deserts me now
When you open your legs
Everything I know deserts me now
When you open

Morrissey - Life Is A Pigsty

It's the same old S.O.S.
But with brand new broken fortunes
And once again I turn to you
Once again I do I turn to you
It's the same old S.O.S.
But with brand new broken fortunes
I'm the same underneath
But this you, you surely knew

Life is a pigsty
Life is a pigsty
Life is a pigsty
Life is a pigsty
Life, life is a pigsty
Life, life is a pigsty
Life, life is a pigsty
Life is a pigsty
And if you don't know this
Then what do you know?
Every second of my life I only live for you
And you can shoot me
And you can throw me off a train
I still maintain
I still maintain
Life, life is a pigsty
Life is a pigsty
And I'd been shifting gears all of my life
But I'm still the same underneath
This you surely knew
I can't reach you
I can't reach you
I can't reach you anymore

Can you please stop time?
Can you stop the pain?
I feel too cold
And now I feel too warm again
Can you stop this pain?
Can you stop this pain?
Even now in the final hour of my life
I'm falling in love again
Again
Even now in the final hour of my life
I'm falling in love again
Again
Again
Again
I'm falling in love again
Again
Again
Again

Morrissey - Jack The Ripper [Live]

Oh, you look so tired
Mouth slack and wide
Ill-housed and ill-advised
Your face is as mean as your life has been

Crash into my arms
I want you
You don't agree but you don't refuse
I know you

And I know a place
Where no-one is likely to pass
Oh, you don't care if it's late
And you don't care if you're lost

And oh, you look so tired
But tonight you've presumed too much
Too much, too much
And if it's the last thing I ever do I'm gonna get you

Crash into my arms
I want you
You don't agree but you don't refuse
I know you

And no one knows a thing about my life
I can come and go as I please
If I want to I can stay or if I want to I can leave

Nobody knows me, nobody knows me
Nobody knows me, nobody knows me

Morrissey - We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful

We hate it when our friends become successful
We hate it when our friends become successful

Oh, look at those clothes
Now look at that face, it's so old
And such a video
Well, it's really laughable

We hate it when our friends become successful
And if they're Northern, that makes it even worse
And if we can destroy them
You bet your life we will
Destroy them
If we can hurt them
Well, we may as well...
It's really laughable

You see, it should've been me
It could've been me
Everybody knows
Everybody said so
They say:
"Ah, you have loads of songs
So many songs
More songs than they can stand
Verse
Chorus
Middle-eight
Break, fade"
Just listen...

Morrissey - Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning

Always looking for attention
Always needs to be mentioned
Who does she think she should be?

The shrill cry through darkening air
Doesn't she know he's
Had such a busy day?

Tell her...shh
Somebody tell her...shh

No way, no way
There's no movement, no
Hooray

It was only a test But she swam too far against the tide
She deserves all she gets

The sky became mad with stars
As an out-stretched arm slowly disappears

Hooray
Oh, hooray
No, there's no movement, no
Hooray, hooray

Please don't worry there'll be no fuss
She was...nobody's nothing

When he awoke the sea was calm
And another day passes like a dream

There's no, no way

Morrissey - Cosmic Dancer [Live]

I was dancing when I was twelve
I was dancing when I was twelve
I was dancing when I was ... oh
I was dancing when I was ... oh
I danced myself out of the womb
I danced myself out of the womb
Is it strange to dance so soon?
Is it strange to dance so soon?

Is it wrong to understand
The fear that dwells inside a man ?
What's it like to be a loon?
I liken it to a balloon
Oh ...

I danced myself into the tomb
I danced myself into the tomb
Is it strange to dance so soon?
Is it strange to dance so soon?

Is it wrong to understand
The fear that dwells inside a man?
What's it like to be a loon?
I liken it to a balloon
Oh ...

(originally recorded by T. Rex)

Morrissey - Reader Meet Author

You don't know a thing about their lives
They live where you wouldn't dare to drive
You shake as you think of how they sleep
But you write as if you all lie side by side

Reader meet author
With the hope of hearing sense
But you may be feeling let down
By the words of defense

He says:
"No one ever sees me when I cry"

You don't know a thing about their lives
Books don't save them, books aren't Stanley knives
And if a fight broke out here tonight
You'd be the first away because you're that type

And the year 2000 won't change anyone here
As each fabled promise flies so fast
You'll swear it was never there
Have you ever escaped from a shipwrecked life?

So safely with your software
All miles from the front line
You hear the way the sad voice sings
And you start to imagine things
Oh, any excuse to write more lies

Morrissey - Sunny

We're really missing you
We're really missing you
Oh, and you've only just gone

Oh, well, you punched and fell
Then you felt embarrassed
My heart goes out to you
So I offered love and it was not required
Oh, what else can I do?
What else can I do?

We're really missing you
We're really missing you
And you've only just gone

So, sunny, send at least one thoughtful letter
My heart goes out to you
Tell us all how things are so much better
My heart, it left with you
What else can I do?

Oh, they're not forgiving you
And you're not even wrong

Oh, with your jean belt wrapped around your arm
Oh, sunny, my heart goes out to you
And with a needle pressed onto tight skin
Sunny, I cry when I see
Where it's taken you

I'm here, I won't move
I'm here, I won't move
I'm here, I will not move

Morrissey - Black Cloud

The one I love is standing near
The one I love is everywhere
I can woo you
I can amuse you
But there is nothing I can do to make you mine
Black cloud, black cloud
The one I love roosts in the mind
Can snap this spell
Or, increase hell
I can chase you and I can catch you
But there is nothing I can do to make you mine
Black cloud, black cloud
Oh, black cloud
Oh, black cloud
I play the game of Favorites now
I can I must I will I do
I can please you
Or, I can freeze you out
But there is nothing I can do to make you mine
Black cloud, black cloud, black cloud
I can choke myself to please you
And I can sink much lower than usual
But there's nothing I can do
To make you mine

Morrissey - Satan Rejected My Soul

Satan rejected my soul

He knows my kind

He won't be dragged down

He's seen my face around

He knows Heaven doesn't seem

To be my home

So I must find

Somewhere else to go

So I must find

Somewhere else to go

So, take it - please

It's free

You'll never see

You'll never see

All the fun in life it's cost me

Satan rejected my soul

As low as he goes

He never quite goes this low

He's seen my face around

He knows Heaven doesn't seem

To be my home

So I must find

Somewhere else to go

So I must find

Somewhere else to go

So, take it please

It's really sly

Come on, come on, ah

Come on, come on, come on

Take it please

It's really sly

Come on, come on, ah

Come on, come on, come on

Call me in

Pull me in, call me in

Come on, come on, oh

Come on, come on, come on

Morrissey - Our Frank

Our frank and open

deep conversations

they get me nowhere

they bring me down, so

give it a rest, won't you?

give me a cigarette

God give me patience

just no more conversation

Give us a drink

and make it quick

or else I'm gonna be sick

sick all over

your frankly vulgar

red pullover

now see how the colours blend

Our frank and open

deep conversations

they get me nowhere

they bring me down, so

give it a rest, won't you?

now will you just give over

the world may be ending

but look, I'm only human

Give us a drink

and make it quick

or else I'm gonna be sick

all over

your frankly vulgar

red pullover

now see how the two colours blend

Won't somebody stop me

from thinking all the time

about everything

so deeply

so bleakly

Morrissey - Bengali In Platforms

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

Oh...

Bengali in platforms

He only wants to embrace your culture

And to be your friend forever

Forever

 

Bengali, Bengali

Bengali, Bengali

Oh, shelve your Western plans

And understand

That life is hard enough when you belong here

 

A silver-studded rim that glistens

And an ankle-star that...blinds me

A lemon sole so very high

Which only reminds me; to tell you

Break the news gently

Break the news to him gently

"Shelve your plans; shelve your plans, shelve them"

 

Bengali, Bengali

It's the touchy march of time that binds you

Don't blame me

Don't hate me

Just because I'm the one to tell you

That life is hard enough when you belong here

That life is hard enough when you belong here

 

Oh...

Shelve your Western plans

Oh...

Shelve your Western plans

'Cause life is hard enough when you belong

Life is hard enough when you belong here

 

Oh...

Shelve your Western plans

Oh...

Shelve your best friends

'Cause life is hard when you belong here

Oh...

Life is hard enough when you belong

Morrissey - Tomorrow

Tomorrow,

Will it really come?

And if it does come,

Will I still be human?

All I ask of you,

Is one thing that you never do,

Would you put your arms around me,

(I won't tell anyone).

Tomorrow,

Does it have to come.

All I ask of you,

Is one thing that you'll never do,

Would you put your arms around me,

(I won't tell anybody).

Tomorrow,

And what must come before...

Oh! The pain in my arms!

Oh! The pain in my legs!

Oh! My shiftless body.

Tomorrow,

It's surely nearer now.

You don't think I'll make it,

I never said I wanted to.

Well, did I?

Oh! the pain in my arms!

Oh! the pain in my legs!

Oh yeah! and oh yeah!

And, Oh yeah! and oh yeah!

Oh! Through my shiftless body.

Tomorrow,

Tomorrow.

All I ask of you, oh, oh-oh,

Is would you tell me that you love me,

Tell me, tell me that you love me.

Tell me, tell me that you love me.

Tell me that you love me.

Oh! I know you don't mean it.

Oh! I know you don't mean it.

Tell me, tell me that you love me.

Tell me, tell me that you love me.

Tell me oh! Tell me oh! Tell me oh!

Morrissey - Hairdresser On Fire

Here is London
here is London
is it home of the free,
or what?
can you squeeze me
into an empty page of your diary
and psychologically save me
I've got faith in you
I sense the power
in the fingers
within an hour the power
can totally destroy me
or it could same my life
here is London
'home of the brash, outrageous
and free'
you are repressed
but you're remarkably dressed
is it Real?
but you're far to busy
busy scissors
busy clippers
hair dresser on fire
all around Sloane Square
and you're far too busy
to see me
"busy,busy"
hairdresser on fire
was a client over-cautious
he made you nervous
and when he said
"I'm gonna sue you"
I really felt for you
so can you squeeze me
into an empty page of your diary
and supernaturally change me
CHANGE ME, CHANGE ME

Morrissey - Redondo Beach (live)

Late afternoon, dreaming hotel

We just had the quarrel that sent you away.

I was looking for you, are you gone gone?

Called you on the phone, another dimension.

Well, you never returned, oh you know what I mean.

I went looking for you, are you gone, gone?

Down by the ocean it was so dismal,

Women all standing with a shock on their faces.

Sad description, oh I was looking for you.

Everyone was singing, girl is washed up

On Redondo Beach and everyone is so sad.

I was looking for you, are you gone gone?

Pretty little girl, everyone cried.

She was the victim of sweet suicide.

I went looking for you, are you gone gone?

Down by the ocean it was so dismal,

Women all standing with shock on their faces.

Sad description, oh I was looking for you.

Desk clerk told me girl was washed up,

Was small, an angel with apple blonde hair, now.

I went looking for you, are you gone gone?

Picked up my key, didn't reply.

Went to my room, started to cry.

You were small, an angel, are you gone gone?

Down by the ocean it was so dismal.

I was just standing with shock on my face.

The hearse pulled away, and the girl that had died, it was you.

You'll never return into my arms 'cause you were gone gone.

Never return into my arms 'cause you were gone gone.

Gone gone, gone gone, good-bye.

(originally recorded by Patti Smith)

Morrissey - Kiss Me a Lot

Bastille mausoleum

Stockyard, churchyard

Your mammy's backyard

I don't care when or where

I just care that you're there

And that you will...

Kiss me a lot, kiss me a lot

Kiss me all over my face

Kiss me a lot, kiss me a lot

Kiss me all over the place

Kiss me a lot, kiss me a lot

Kiss me all over and then when you've kissed me

Kiss me all over again

Bastille mausoleum

Stockyard, churchyard

Your mammy's backyard

I don't care when or where

I only care that the two of us are there

And that you, and that you will...

Kiss me a lot, kiss me a lot

Kiss me all over my face

Kiss me a lot, kiss me a lot

Kiss me all over the place

Kiss me a lot, kiss me a lot

Kiss me all over and then when you've kissed me

Kiss me all over again

Kiss me a lot, kiss me a lot

Kiss me all over my face

Kiss me a lot, kiss me a lot

All over the place

Kiss me a lot, kiss me a lot

I don't care where or when but when you've kissed me

Kiss me all over again

Morrissey - You Know I Couldn't Last

The whispering

May hurt you

But the printed word might kill you

The whispering

May hurt you

But the printed word might kill you

So don't let the blue

The blue eyes fool you

They're just gelignite

Loaded and aiming right between your eyes

CDs and T-shirts, promos and God knows

You know I couldn't last

Someone please take me home

The teenagers

Who love you

They will wake up, yawn and kill you

The teenagers

Who love you

They will wake up, yawn and kill you

So don't let the blue

The blue eyes fool you

They're just gelignite

Loaded and aiming right between your eyes

CDs and T-shirts, promos and God knows

You know I couldn't last

Someone please take me home

There's a cash register ringing and

It weighs so heavy on my back

Someone please take me home

The critics who

Can't break you

They somehow help to make you

The critics who

Can't break you

Unwittingly they make you

So don't let the good days

Of the gold discs

Creep up and mug you

With evil legal eagles

You know I couldn't last

Accountants rampant

You know I couldn't last

Every -ist and every -ism

Thrown my way to stay

And the Northern leeches go on

Removing, removing, removing

Then in the end

Your royalties bring you luxuries

Your royalties bring you luxuries

Oh but

The squalor of the mind

The squalor of the mind

The squalor of the mind

The squalor of the mind

Morrissey - Home Is a Question Mark

I have seen many shores
I hug the land but nothing more
Because I haven't met you
I've wined and I've dined
With every bogus music mogul
No sign of you
I've brushed and I've rubbed
Pressing pounds excluding charms
But never in arms

And that's why home is a question mark
Home is some place I dunno
Home is a question mark
Home is some place I dunno

I have been brave
Deep in every shaven cave
And were you
Another film on replay
This time, Hell with Guillaume Canet
For English me