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Morrissey’s doomed romantic persona is the perfect vehicle for this update of American gangster mythology, which moves the action from the fedoras, Tommy guns, and speakeasies of 1930s Chicago and New York to the modern mean streets of L.A. His snuffed gangster, Hector, is no angel– he steals from t...
[Intro]
Los Angeles, you are too hot
[Verse 1]
You have never been in love
Until you've seen the stars
Reflect in the reservoirs
And you have never been in love
Until you've seen the dawn rise
Behind the home for the blind
[Pre-Chorus]
We are the pretty petty thieves
And you're standing on our streets
Where Hector was the...
[Chorus]
First of the gang with a gun in his hand
And the first to do time
The first of the gang to die
Oh my
Hector was the first of the gang with a gun in his hand
And the first to do time
The first of the gang to die
Oh my
[Verse 2]
You have never been in love
Until you've seen the sunlight thrown
Over smashed human bone
[Pre-Chorus]
We are the pretty petty thieves
And you're standing on our streets
Where Hector was the
[Chorus]
First of the gang with a gun in his hand
And the first to do time
The first of the gang to die
Such a silly boy
Hector was the first of the gang
With a gun in his hand
And the bullet in his gullet
And the first lost lad to go
Under the sod
[Verse 3]
And he stole from the rich and the poor
And not very rich and the very poor
And he stole all hearts away
He stole all hearts away
He stole all hearts away
Away
He stole all hearts away
Away
He stole all hearts away
He stole all hearts away
Away
He stole all hearts away
He stole all hearts away
Away
First of the Gang to Die was written by Morrissey & Alain Whyte.
First of the Gang to Die was produced by Jerry Finn.
Morrissey released First of the Gang to Die on Mon Jul 12 2004.