I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish
The Smiths * Track #2 On Strangeways, Here We Come
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I Started Something I Couldn't Finish by The Smiths
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Performed by
The SmithsProduced by
Morrissey & Johnny Marr & Stephen StreetWrited by
Morrissey & Johnny MarrAbout
Perhaps not the most obvious choice for a single, “I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish” was the second of four singles from Strangeways, Here We Come.
It was released in October 1987, after The Smiths had officially disbanded. With its prominent saxophone and unrelenting drum beat, the song sees...
I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The lanes were silent
There was nothing, no one, nothing around for miles
I doused our friendly venture
With a hard-faced three-word gesture
[Chorus]
I started something
I forced you to a zone
And you were clearly never meant to go
Hair brushed and parted
Typical me, typical me, typical me
I started something and now I'm not too sure
[Verse 2]
I grabbed you by the guilded beams
Oh, that's what tradition means
And I doused another venture
With a gesture that was absolutely vile
[Chorus]
I started something
I forced you to a zone
And you were clearly never meant to go
Hair brushed and parted
Typical me, typical me, typical me
I started something and now I'm not too sure
[Verse 3]
I grabbed you by the guilded beams
Oh, that's what tradition means
And now eighteen months' hard labour seems
Fair enough
[Chorus]
I started something
And I forced you to a zone
And you were clearly never meant to go
Hair brushed and parted
Typical me, typical me, typical me
I started something and now I'm not too sure
[Chorus]
I started something
I started something
Typical me, typical me, typical me, typical me, typical me, Typical me, typical me
I started something and now I'm not too sure
[Outro]
Okay Stephen. Do that again
I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish Q&A
Who wrote I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish's ?
I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish was written by Morrissey & Johnny Marr.
Who produced I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish's ?
I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish was produced by Morrissey & Johnny Marr & Stephen Street.
When did The Smiths release I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish?
The Smiths released I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish on Tue Sep 22 1987.