morrissey
late night, maudlin street
(Winter coming Winter push on, push on Oh, winter push on Winter is so long Winter moves on) The last night on Maudlin Street Goodbye house, goodbye stairs I was born here And I was raised here, and ...I took some stick here Love at first sight It may sound trite But it's true, you know I could list the detail Of everything you ever wore or said Or how you stood the day As we spent the last night On Maudlin Street "Goodbye house, forever!" I never stole a happy hour Around here Where the world's ugliest boy Became what you see Here I am - the ugliest man Oh, the last night on Maudlin Street Truly I do love you Oh, truly I do love you When I sleep with that picture of you framed beside my bed Oh, it's childish and it's silly But I think it's you in my room by the bed (Yes, I told you it was silly) And I know I took strange pills But I never meant to hurt you Oh, truly I love you Came home late one night Everyone had gone to bed But, you know No-one stays up for you I had sixteen stitches All around my head Oh, the last bus I missed to Maudlin Street So he drove me home in the Van Complaining"Women only like me for my mind" Don't leave your torch behind A powercut ahead; 1972, you know And so we crept through the park No, I cannot steal a pair of jeans off a clothesline for you But you .. without clothes Oh, I could not keep a straight face Me, without clothes ? Well, a nation turns its back and gags... I'm packed I am moving house A half-life disappears today With every hag waves me on (secretly wishing me gone) Well, I will be soon Ooh, I will be soon I will be soon I will be soon There were bad times on Maudlin Street They took you away in a police car Dear Inspector, don't you know ? Don't you care ? Don't you know about Love ? Your gran died And your mother died On Maudlin Street In pain, and ashamed With never time to say those special things I took the key from Maudlin Street Well, it's only bricks and mortar! Oh, oh, truly I love you Oh, wherever you are Wherever you are Wherever you are (I hope you're singing now Oh, I do hope I hope you're singing now...)