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“I Can Have Both” is another example of double entendre within the Morrissey canon. This song is at once about the culinary crisis of having to choose between desserts and the personal crisis of becoming comfortable with sexual fluidity. Or, as Morrissey says, being humasexual. The song was one of t...
[Verse 1]
Staring in the window of the shop that never opens
Planning my selection from all the treats inside
Should I take as I desire - oh shall I, oh shall I?
Or should I hang around to be enticed inside?
[Chorus]
I'm trying to explain to myself
I can have both
I'm trying to explain to the voice inside
I can have both
I can have both
There's nobody around to say no
Who've brain-washed the small shy boy inside
He doesn't know he can have both
[Verse 2]
Smiling through the window to the one who never serves you
I've not been feeling myself tonight
Should I take as I feel like it - well shall I, oh shall I?
Or should I wait and hope to be dragged inside?
Oh
[Chorus]
I'm trying to explain to myself
I can have both
I'm trying to explain to the voice inside
I can have both
I can have both
There's nobody around to say no
Who've brain-washed the small shy boy inside
He doesn't know he can have both
[Outro]
I can have both
There's no need to choose
Because
I can have both
There's no need to choose
I can have both
There's no need to choose
Because
I can have both
There's no need to choose
I can have both
There's no need to choose
I Can Have Both was written by Boz Boorer & Morrissey.
I Can Have Both was produced by Steve Lillywhite.
Morrissey released I Can Have Both on Mon Aug 11 1997.
Concerning this song, Morrissey wrote,
… is one of my favorite songs even though I’ll admit it has no obvious intentions other than to tweak out the yelp of choice. We all live with frustrated will, and we’re all enclosed in our own grief.