The Smiths

[helldanger1]

These Things Take Time
The Smiths

My eyes have seen the glory
Of the sacred wunderkind
You took me behind
A dis-used railway line
And said "I know a place where we can go
Where we are not known"
And you gave me something
That I won't forget too soon

But I can't believe
You'd ever care
And this is why
You will never care

These things take time
I know that I'm
The most inept
That ever stepped

I'm spellbound
But a woman divides
And the hills are alive with celibate cries
But you know where you came from
You know where you're going
And you know where you belong
You said I was ill,
And you were not wrong

But I can't believe
You'd ever care
And this is why
You will never care

These things take time
I know that I'm
The most inept
That ever stepped

Oh, the alcoholic afternoons
When we sat in your room
They meant more to me
Than any, than any living thing on earth
They had more worth
Than any living thing on earth
On earth, on earth, oh ...

Vivid and in your prime
You will leave me behind
You will leave me behind

 

[helldanger1]

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths

Take me out tonight
Where there's music and there's people
Who are 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 lights
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
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 and the privilege is mine

Take me out tonight
Oh 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
Take me anywhere
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
Just driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because I haven't got one
Oh, I haven't got one

There is a light that never goes out
There is a light that never goes out
There is a light that never goes out
There is a light that never goes out...

 

[helldanger1]

The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths

(Take me back to dear old Blighty
Put me on the train to London Town
Take me anywhere, drop me anywhere
Liverpool, Leeds or Birmingham,
But I don't care!
I should like to see my...)

(By land, by sea)

Farewell
To this lands cheerless marches
Hemmed in like a boar between arches
Her very Lowness with her head in a sling
I'm truly sorry -
But it sounds like a wonderful thing

I say Charles, dont you ever crave
To appear on the front of the Daily mail
Dressed in your Mother's bridal veil?

And so, I checked all the registered historical facts
And I was shocked into shame to discover
How I'm the 18th pale descendent
Of some old queen or other
Has the world changed, or have I changed?
Has the world changed, or have I changed?
Some 9-year old tough peddles drugs
(I swear to God I swear
I never even knew what drugs were)

And so, I broke into the Palace
With a sponge and a rusty spanner
She said: "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing"
I said: "that's nothing -
You should hear me play piano"

We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
And talk about precious things
But when you're tied to your Mother's apron
no one talks about castration

We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
And talk about precious things
Like love and law and poverty
These are the things that kill me

We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
And talk about precious things
But the rain that flattens my hair
These are the things that kill me
(All their lies about make up
and long hair they're still there)

Passed the Pub who saps your body
And the church who'll snatch your money
The Queen is dead, boys
And it's so lonely on a limb

Pass the pub that wrecks your body
And the church - all they want is your money
The Queen is dead, boys
And it's so lonely on a limb

Life is very long, when you're lonely
Life is very long, when you're lonely
Life is very long, when you're lonely
Life is very long, when you're lonely

 

[helldanger1]

The Headmaster Ritual
The Smiths

Belligerent ghouls
Run Manchester schools
Spineless swines
Cemented minds
Sir leads the troops
Jealous of youth
Same old suit since 1962
He does the military two-step
Down the nape of my neck
I wanna go home
I don't wanna stay
Give up education
As a bad mistake
Mid-week on the playing fields
Sir thwacks you on the knees
Knees you in the groin
Elbow in the face
Bruises bigger than dinner plates
I wanna go home
I don't wanna stay
La-la-la...

Belligerent ghouls
Run Manchester schools
Spineless bastards all
Sir leads the troops
Jealous of youth
Same old jokes since 1902
He does the military two-step
Down the nape of my neck
I wanna go home
I don't want to stay
Give up life
As a bad mistake
Please excuse me from gym
I've got this terrible cold coming on
He grabs and devours
He kicks me in the showers
Kicks me in the showers
And he grabs and devours
I want to go home
I don't want to stay
La-la-la ...

 

[helldanger1]

The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
The Smiths

Please don't cry
For the ghost and the storm outside
Will not invade this sacred shrine
Nor infiltrate your mind
My life down I shall lie
If the bogey-man should try
To play tricks on your sacred mind
To tease, torment, and tantalize
Wavering shadows loom
A piano plays in an empty room
There'll be blood on the cleaver tonight
And when darkness lifts
And the room is bright
I'll still be by your side
For you are all that matters
And I'll love you to till the day I die
There never need be longing in your eyes
As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine

Ceiling shadows shimmy by
And when the wardrobe towers
Like a beast of prey
There's sadness in your beautiful eyes
Oh, your untouched, unsoiled, wondrous eyes
My life down I shall lie
Should restless spirits try
To play tricks on your sacred mind
I once had a child, and it saved my life
And I never even asked his name
I just looked into his wondrous eyes
And said : "never never never again"
And all too soon I did return
Just like a moth to a flame
So rattle my bones all over the stones
I'm only a beggar-man whom nobody owns
See how words as old as sin
Fit me like a glove
I'm here and here I'll stay
Together we lie, together we pray
There never need be longing in your eyes
As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine
As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine
Mine

Climb up on my knee, sonny boy
Although you're only three, sonny boy
You're - you're mine
And your mother she just never knew
Oh, your mother...
As long ... as long ... as long
I did my best for her
I did my best for her

 

[helldanger1]

The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
The Smiths

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
And 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 will they ever believe me?

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?

 

[helldanger1]

That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
The Smiths

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 desire is to die
Well I'm afraid
It doesn't make me smile
I wish I could laugh

But that joke isn't funny anymore
It's too close to home
And it's too near the bone
It's too close to home
And it's too near the bone
More than you'll ever know

(kick them when they fall down
kick them when they fall down
Why must you
kick them when they fall down
kick them when they fall down)

It was dark as I drove the point home
And on cold leather seats
Well, it suddenly struck me
I just might die
With a smile on my face after all

I've seen this happen in other people's lives
And now it's happening in mine

 

[helldanger1]

Sweet And Tender Hooligan
The Smiths

He was a sweet and tender hooligan
Hooligan
And he said that he'll never, never do it again
And of course he won't (not until the next time)
He was a sweet and tender hooligan
Hooligan
And he swore that he'll never, never do it again
And of course he won't (not until the next time)

Poor old man
He had an "accident" with a three bar fire
But that's ok
Because he wasn't very happy anyway

Poor woman
Strangled in her very own bed as she read
But that's ok
Because she was old and she would have died anyway
Don't blame
This sweet and tender hooligan
Hooligan
Because he'll never, never, never, never, never, never do it again
(not until the next time)

Jury you've heard every word
So before you decide
Would you look into those "mother-me" eyes
I love you for you my love, you my love
You my love, you my love

Jury you've heard every word
But before you decide
Would you look into those "mother-me" eyes
I love you for you my love, you my love
Love you just for you my love

Don't blame
The sweet and tender hooligan
Hooligan
Because he'll never never do it again and
"in the midst of life we are in debt etc"
The sweet and tender hooligan
Hooligan
Because he'll never never do it again and
"in the midst of life we are in debt etc"
Etc! etc! etc! etc!
In the midst of life we are in debt etc!
Etc! etc! etc! etc!
In the midst of life we are in debt etc!
Etc! etc! etc! etc!
Etc! etc!
Etc! etc! etc! etc!
In the midst of life we are in debt etc!

 

[helldanger1]

Suffer Little Children
The Smiths

Over the moors, take me to the moors
Dig a shallow grave
And I'll lay me down
Over the moor, take me to the moor
Dig a shallow grave
And I'll lay me down

Lesley-Anne and your pretty white beads
Oh John, you'll never be a man
And you'll never see your home again
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for

Edward, see those alluring lights?
Tonight will be your very last night
A woman said "I know my son is dead
I'll never rest my hands
On his sacred head"

Hindley wakes and Hindley stays
Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes
Hindley wakes and says:
"Wherever he has gone, I have gone"

But fresh lilaced moorland fields
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death
Fresh lilaced moorland fields
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death

Hindley wakes and says
Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes
Hindley wakes and says:
"Whatever he has done, I have done"

But this is no easy ride
For a child cries:

"find me... find me, nothing more
We're on a sullen misty moor
We may be dead and we may be gone
But we will be, we will be
We will be right by your side
Until the day you die
This is no easy ride
We will haunt you when you laugh
Yes, you could say we're a team
You might sleep, you might sleep,
You might sleep
BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM!"
You might sleep
BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM!"
You might sleep
BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM!"

Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Find me, find me
Find me
I'll haunt you when you laugh
I'll haunt you when you laugh
You might sleep
But you will, you will never dream

Over the moors, I'm on the moor
Over the moor
The child is on the moor

 

[helldanger1]

Stretch Out And Wait
The Smiths

All the lies that you make up
What's at the back of your mind?
Your face I can see
And it's desperately kind
But what's at the back of your mind?

Two icy cold hands conducting the way
It's the eskimo blood in my veins
Amid concrete and clay and general decay
Nature must still find a way

So ignore all the codes of the day
Let your juvinille impulses sway
This way and that way
This way, that way
God, how sex implores you
To let yourself lose yourself

Stretch out and wait
Stretch out and wait
Let your puny body lie down, lie down
As we lie, you say
As we lie, you say

Stretch out and stretch out and wait
Stretch out and wait
Let your puny body lie down, lie down
As we lie, you say

Will the world end in the night time?
(I really don't know )
Or will the world end in the day time?
(I really don't know)
And is there any point ever having children?
Oh I don't know
All I do know is we're Here and it's Now

So stretch out and wait
Stretch out and wait
There is no debate, no debate, no debate
How can you consciously contemplate
When there's no debate, no debate
Stretch out and wait
Stretch out and wait
Stretch out and wait
Wait, wait, wait, wait...

PS: existe uma segunda versão desta música,
Só com a primeira estrofe diferente:

On the high-rise estate
What's at the back of your mind?
Oh, a three-day debate
On a high-rise estate
What's at the back of your mind?

 

[helldanger1]

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
The Smiths

Stop me, oh
O-ho, stop me
Stop me if you think that
You've heard this one before
Stop me, oh
O-ho, stop me
Stop me if you think that
You've heard this one before

Nothing's changed
I still love you, oh, I still love you
Only slightly, only slightly less
Than I used to, my love

I was delayed, I was way-laid
An emergency stop
I smelt the last ten seconds of life
I crashed down on the crossbar
And the pain was enough
To make a shy, bald, buddhist reflect
And plan a mass murder
Who said I'd lied to her?

Oh, who said I'd lied?
Because I never... I never!
Who said I'd lied?
Because I never...

I was detained, I was restrained
And broke my spleen, and broke my knee
And then he really lays into me
Friday night in out-patients
Who said I'd lied to her?

Oh, who said I'd lied?
Because I never... I never!
Who said I'd lied?
Because I never...

And so I drank one
It became four
And when I fell on the floor
I drank more...

Stop me, oh
O-ho, stop me
Stop me if you think that
You've heard this one before
Stop me, oh
O-ho, stop me
Stop me if you think that
You've heard this one before

Nothing's changed
I still love you, oh, I still love you
Only slightly, only slightly less
Than I used to, my love

 

[helldanger1]

Still Ill
The Smiths

I decree today that life
Is simply taking and not giving
England is mine - it owes me a living
But ask me why, and I'll spit in your eye
Oh, ask me why, and I'll spit in your eye
But we cannot cling
To the old dreams anymore
No, we cannot cling to those dreams
Does the body rule the mind
Or does the mind rule the body ?
I dunno...

Under the iron bridge we kissed
And although I ended up with sore lips
It just wasn't like the old days anymore
No, it wasn't like those days
Am I still ill ?
Am I still ill ?

Does the body rule the mind
Or does the mind rule the body ?
I dunno...
Ask me why, and I'll die
Oh, ask me why, and I'll die
And if you must go to work tomorrow
Well, if I were you I really wouldn't bother
For there are brighter sides to life
And I should know, because I've seen them
But not very often

Under the iron bridge we kissed
And although I ended up with sore lips
It just wasn't like the old days anymore
No, it wasn't like those days
Am I still ill ?
Oh, am I still ill ?

 

[helldanger1]

Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
The Smiths

From the ice-age to the dole-age
There is but one concern
I have just discovered:

Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls mothers are bigger than
Other girls mothers
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls mothers are bigger than
Other girls mothers

As Anthony said to Cleopatra
As he opened a crate of ale:
Oh I say...
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls mothers are bigger than
Other girls mothers.
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls mothers are bigger than
Other girls mothers

Send me your pillow
The one that you dream on
Send me your pillow
The one that you dream on
And I'll send you mine...

 

[helldanger1]

Shoplifters Of The World Unite
The Smiths

Learn to love me
Assemble the ways
Now, today, tomorrow and always
My only weakness is a listed crime
My only weakness is ...
Well, never mind, never mind

Shoplifters of the world
Unite and take over
Shoplifters of the world
Hand it over
Hand it over
Hand it over

Learn to love me
And assemble the ways
Now, today, tomorrow, and always
My only weakness is a listed crime
But last night the plans for a future war
Was all I saw on Channel Four

Shoplifters of the world
Unite and take over
Shoplifters of the world
Hand it over
Hand it over
Hand it over

A heartless hand on my shoulder
A push - and it's over
Alabaster crashes down
(Six months is a long time)
Tried living in the real world
Instead of a shell
But before I began ...
I was bored before I even began

Shoplifters of the world
Unite and take over
Shoplifters of the world
Unite and take over
Shoplifters of the world
Unite and take over
Shoplifters of the world
Take over

 

[helldanger1]

Sheila Take a Bow
The Smiths

Is it wrong to want to live on your own?
No, it's not wrong - but I must know
How can someone so young
Sing words so sad?

Sheila take a, Sheila take a bow
Boot the grime of this world in the crotch, dear
And don't go home tonight
Come out and find the one that you love
and who loves you
The one that you love and who loves you

Is it wrong not to always be glad?
No, it's not wrong - but I must add
How can someone so young
Sing words so sad?

Sheila take a, Sheila take a bow
Boot the grime of this world in the crotch, dear
And don't go home tonight
Come out and find the one that you love
and who loves you
The one that you love and who loves you

Take my hand and off we stride
You're a girl and I'm a boy
Take my hand and off we stride
I'm a girl and you're a boy

Sheila take a, Sheila take a bow
Throw your homework onto the fire
Come out and find the one that you love
Come out and find the one you love

 

[helldanger1]

Shakespeare's Sister
The Smiths

Young bones groan
And the rocks below say:
"Throw your skinny body down, son!"

But I'm going to meet the one I love
So please don't stand in my way
Because I'm going to meet the one I love
No, Mamma, let me go!

Young bones groan
And the rocks below say:
"Throw your white body down!"

But I'm going to meet the one I love
At last! At last! At last!
I'm going to meet the one I love
La-de-da, la-de-da
No, Mamma, let me go!

I thought that if you had
An acoustic guitar
Then it meant that you were
A Protest Singer
Oh, I can smile about it now
But at the time it was terrible
No, Mamma, let me go
No...

 

[helldanger1]

Rusholme Ruffians / His Latest Flame
The Smiths

A very old friend
Came by today
And he was telling everyone in town
Of all the love that he'd just found
Marie's the name
Of his latest flame
Talked and talked
And I heard him say
That she had the longest blackest hair
Prettiest green eyes anywhere
And Marie's the name
Of his latest flame

The last night of the fair
By the big wheel generator
A boy is stabbed, his money is grabbed
And the air hangs heavy like a dulling wine

She is Famous, she is Funny
An engagement ring doesn't mean a thing
To a mind consumed by brass money

The last night of the fair
From a seat on a whirling waltzer
Her skirt ascends for a watching eye
It's a hideous trait (on her mother's side)

From a seat on a whirling waltzer
Her skirt ascends for a watching eye
A hideous trait (on her mother's side)

Then someone falls in love
Someone's beaten up
Someone's beaten up
And the senses of being dulled are mine
And someone falls in love
Someone's beaten up
And the senses of being dulled are mine

This is the last night of the fair
And the grease in the hair
Of a speedway operator
Is all a tremulous heart requires
A schoolgirl is denied
She said: "How quickly would I die
if I jumped from the top of the parachutes?"

This is the last night of the fair
And the grease in the hair
Of a speedway operator
Is all a tremulous heart requires
A schoolgirl is denied
she said: "How quickly would I die
if I jumped from the top of the parachutes?"

And though I walk home alone
I might walk home alone
But my faith in love is still devout
I might walk home alone
But my faith in love is still devout
I might walk home alone
But my faith in love is still devout

 

[helldanger1]

Rubber Ring
The Smiths

A sad fact widely known
The most impassionate song
To a lonely soul
Is so easily outgrown

But don't forget the songs
That made you smile
And the songs that made you cry
When you lay in awe
On the bedroom floor
And said : "Oh, oh, smother me Mother..."

La la, love me, love me, love me, love me
La la, love me, love me, love me

The passing of time
And all of its crimes
Is making me sad again
The passing of time
And all of its sickening crimes
Is making me sad again

But don't forget the songs
That made you cry
And the songs that saved your life
Yes, you're older now
And you're a clever swine
But they were the only ones
Who ever stood by you

The passing of time leaves empty lives
Waiting to be filled
The passing of time
Leaves empty lives
Waiting to be filled

I'm here with the cause
I'm holding the torch
In the corner of your room
Can you hear me?
And when you're dancing and laughing
And finally living
Hear my voice in your head
And think of me kindly

La la, love me, love me, love me, love me
La la, love me, love me, love me

Do you
Love me like you used to?

La la, love me, love me, love me, love me
La la, love me, love me, love me

(You're clever
Everybody's clever nowadays
You're clever
Everybody's clever nowadays)

(You are sleeping
You do not want to believe
You are sleeping
You do not want to believe
You are sleeping
You do not want to believe
You are sleeping)

 

[helldanger1]

Reel Around The Fountain
The Smiths

It's time the tale were told
Of how you took a child
And you made him old
It's time the tale were told
Of how you took a child
And you made him old
You made him old

Reel around the fountain
Slap me on the patio
I'll take it now
Oh ...

Fifteen minutes with you
Well, I wouldn't say no
Oh, people said that
you were virtually dead
And they were so wrong
Fifteen minutes with you
Oh, well, I wouldn't say no
Oh, people said that
you were easily led
And they were half-right

It's time the tale were told
Of how you took a child
And you made him old
It's time that the tale were told
Of how you took a child
And you made him old
You made him old

Oh, reel around the fountain
Slap me on the patio
I'll take it now
Oh ...

Fifteen minutes with you
Oh, I wouldn't say no
Oh, people see no worth in you
Oh, but I do
Fifteen minutes with you
Oh, I wouldn't say no
Oh, people see no worth in you
I do

I dreamt about you last night
And I fell out of bed twice
You can pin and mount me
like a butterfly
But "take me to the haven of your bed"
Was something that you never said
Two lumps, please
You're the bee's knees
But so am I

Meet me at the fountain
Shove me on the patio
I'll take it slowly
Oh...

Fifteen minutes with you
Oh, I wouldn't say no
Oh, people see no worth in you
Oh, but I do
Fifteen minutes with you
Oh, no, I wouldn't say no
Oh, people see no worth in you
Oh, I do
Oh, I do
Oh, I do

 

[helldanger1]

Pretty Girls Make Graves
The Smiths

Upon the sand, upon the bay
"There is a quick and easy way" you say
Before you illustrate
I'd rather state:
"I'm not the man you think I am
I'm not the man you think I am"
And Sorrow's native son
He will not smile for anyone
And Pretty Girls Make Graves

End of the pier, end of the bay
You tug my arm, and say:
"Give in to lust
Give up to lust
oh heaven knows we'll
Soon be dust..."
But I'm not the man you think I am
I'm not the man you think I am
And Sorrow's native son
He will not rise for anyone
And Pretty Girls Make Graves
(OK)

I could have been wild and I could have
Been free
But Nature played this trick on me
She wants it Now
And she will not wait
But she's too rough
And I'm too delicate
Then, on the sand
Another man, he takes her hand
A smile lights up her stupid face
(and well, it would)
I lost my faith in Womanhood
I lost my faith in Womanhood
I lost my faith...

(Hand in glove
The sun shines out of our behinds)...