Miserable Lie
The Smiths * Track #3 On The Smiths
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Miserable Lie by The Smiths
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The SmithsWrited by
Morrissey & Johnny MarrAbout
“Miserable Lie” tells the story of a naive country boy corrupted by the lustful ways of a prostitute. A quintessential Smiths track.
It is especially notable for its odd song structure, which doesn’t quite follow any standard conventions and kicks into a falsetto double-time halfway through.
Miserable Lie Lyrics
So, goodbye
Please stay with your own kind
And I'll stay with mine
There's something against us
It's not time, it's not time
So, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I know I need hardly say
How much I love your casual way
Oh, but please put your tongue away
A little higher and we're well away
The dark nights are drawing in
And your humor is as black as them
I look at yours, you laugh at mine
And love is just a miserable lie
You have destroyed my flower-like life
Not once, twice
You have corrupt my innocent mind
Not once, twice
I know the wind-swept mystical air
It means I'd like to see your underwear
I recognize that mystical air
It means I'd like to seize your underwear
What do we get for our trouble and pain?
Just a rented room in Whalley Range
What do we get for our trouble and pain?
Whalley Range
Into the depths of the criminal world
I followed her
I need advice, I need advice
I need advice, I need advice
Nobody ever looks at me twice
Nobody ever looks at me twice
I'm just a country-mile behind
The world
I'm just a country-mile behind
The whole world, oh-ho, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-ho, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-ho oh, oh-ho, oh-ho oh, oh-ho
I'm just a country-mile behind
The world
I'm just a country-mile behind
The whole world, oh-ho, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-ho, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-ho oh, oh-ho, oh-ho oh, oh-ho
Take me when you go
Oh-ho, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-ho, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-ho oh, oh-ho, oh-ho oh, oh
Take me when you go
Oh-ho, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-ho, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-ho oh, oh-ho, oh-ho oh, oh
I need advice, I need advice
Miserable Lie Q&A
Who wrote Miserable Lie's ?
Miserable Lie was written by Morrissey & Johnny Marr.
Who produced Miserable Lie's ?
Miserable Lie was produced by The Smiths & John Porter.
When did The Smiths release Miserable Lie?
The Smiths released Miserable Lie on Mon Feb 20 1984.
What did The Smiths say about "Miserable Lie"?
Morrissey expressed his love for the song in a 1984’s Melody Makers interview where he said:
I’m really ready to be burned at the stake in total defence of that record. It means so much to me that I could never explain, however long you gave me. It becomes almost difficult and one is just simply sw...