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

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

I grabbed you by the guilded beams
Uh, that's what tradition means
And I doused another venture
With a gesture
That was absolutely vile

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

I grabbed you by the guilded beams
Uh, that's what tradition means
And now eighteen months' hard labor
Seems fair enough

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

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

OK Stephen, do that again?

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: STEVEN MORRISSEY, JOHNNY MARR

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Miray Abou Assaleh

2y↑38

Товарищ Эштон

1y↑4

개비정한세상

25w

All comments from YouTube:

Erdem Günsel

2y↑150

Isnt background supposed to be strangeways here we come poster

Garth Vader

2d↑1

@sexobscura No. It isn't.

sexobscura

@Applemask
and the band because it's an old Bowie B-Side

Applemask

29w↑2

@NIIIIQQ Yes, but this one's wasn't the cover to Meat is Murder. Also it got the title wrong.

stephen dean

1y↑2

meat is murder

Erdem Günsel

2y↑1

@NIIIIQQ maybe Warner Bros didn't afford all posters for all singles

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bailey clifford

2y↑116

Every age group love the smiths
Im 19
My dads 50
My gran is 80

And we all appreciate the smiths

MF Xandro

Im 14

Seden Yavuz

ım 20 :) ı

Maggie Åhr

21w

I'm 18 haha

Porsu pollo

39w↑1

I'm in the balls of my dad and i like the smiths, i wish people from my generation could appreciate the smiths as much as i do.

Achlys

48w↑3

@Dapper Turtle I think I saw you on another comment saying the same thing. Ironic. You could stop others from caring, but not yourself.

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Bryce Sterling

2y↑160

Every time somebody complains about morrissey canceling shows I link them this song. Real morrissey fans understand how he feels as a person.

Bryce Sterling

46w↑2

@Callum1Harvey that one too! <3

Dapper Turtle

1y↑2

And you don't seem to understand how no one cares. Delete this.

Callum1Harvey

1y↑11

You’d be better off linking them ‘I don’t owe you anything’.

Claire Trousers

1y↑8

People believe their idols should die on the stage for them.

Sergej Lovrekovic

2y↑98

oh come on joyce, i know you are managing this channel and its cool you're uploading official audios but get the covers right!!!

Jake Zywek

8w↑1

I'm pretty sure I walked past him in Wigan town centre. He was walking towards The Wiend, the bit near the library and that tatty restaurant that pretends to be haute cuisine.

KaanSamil

50w↑4

and even the song's name is printed wrong.

blackgargamel

1y↑6

@linuxel33t I'd like to meet him just to shake his hand and thank him..

Sergej Lovrekovic

2y↑1

@linuxel33t that's really really cool!

linuxel33t

2y↑17

I live in Manchester and it's pretty common to see him out and about round here!

Aldo Castro

2y↑22

Typical Me, Typical Me, Typical Me.

JoséFrancisco Vargas González

2y↑30

I started loving The Smiths years ago, I can't finish

나비

2y↑85

How can a band make me think so different about life with words only.

Lucas Montenegro

2y↑3

Or you are going through something in your life.

Lucas Montenegro

2y↑1

You are probably easily manipulable.

linuxel33t

2y↑8

It's Morrissey with the words. It's because he'has a deep understanding of suffering that so many people relate to his lyrics.I live in his hometown, and, trust me, we're all acquainted with suffering.

Melvin Nance

2y↑40

What a wonderful way to begin my day today.

Miray Abou Assaleh

2y↑38

Jacqueline Morris

2y↑68

Does anyone else dance around their room like a teenager again when listening to certain Smith's songs?!!!......it can't be just me! 🤦‍♀️

strangewayshere

21w↑1

Did anybody stick daffodils in their back pocket and wear national health glasses?

Quebec

42w↑1

Yup! Just like Morrissey too!

Kyle Howells

1y↑3

wish there was a love button instead of like

Frodo Bolsista BR

1y↑3

That's because we never stop being teenagers

Gold Fella Tim

I do that with Mr. Bungle

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bailey clifford

2y↑35

This band Will live on till the end of times

Kely Regina

2y↑25

The Smiths para sempre

Maggie Åhr

21w

Para sempre 💖

Ferry Yap

2y↑27

This song is amazing! And the lyrics :(

Ángel McFly

2y↑2

Haha, nice

Ludwig

1y↑13

why does the image in the video say "I started something I can't finish" when the song title is "I started something i couldn't finish"

Priya Sandhu

Sophia DeVal who is joyce

Sophia DeVal

20w

Joyce made a mistake

Adam Puntigliano

43w↑6

3:40 "Ok Stephen shall we do that again?"

Sandro Penha

2y↑15

Brasil loves Smiths!!!!!

Maggie Åhr

21w↑1

Definitivamente 💖💖💖

Vai Brasil

2y↑2

Com certeza! 👏👏👏❤❤❤

Madame Hadomadam

1y↑3

It's probably already mentionned somewhere down the scroll but I need to say it again : that <3 song <3 features on "Strangeways, here we come" not on "Meat is murder" :/

Max Read

19w↑2

I never lived through the wonderful 80s, I'm 14. Yet you will never meet a bigger Smiths fan than me

Adela Nery

2y↑11

Nueva canción favorita alv ! It's amazing!

Esmeralda Vall

1y↑6

in yoda's voice
THat's wHAt YOU dId to mE

Hydrorational

47w

THAT'S WHAT TRADITION MEANS

Lola Correa

1y↑2

what you did to me, that's what

Lucas Prado

2y↑9

BIUTIFUL

Yvonne Watkinson

26w↑2

I love the smiths. I don't get this song? Tell me Smiths lovers. 🤔

Товарищ Эштон

1y↑4

sofi jkkk

2y↑10

Uma DELICIA 💖

Dynamo Blanco

1y↑2

Sopa de macaco

Dynamo Blanco

Kkkk

Marv Watkins

1y↑4

A good melody. One of the better ones, perhaps.

secret owl

2y↑8

Their best song!
Awesome

Thiago Passos

2y↑9

👏🔥👏🔥👏🔥👏🔥👏🇧🇷

Maggie Åhr

21w↑1

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

Vai Brasil

Brasil sempre presente. 😍😍😍

Thiago Passos

2y↑1

@Nunes Alves VITÓRIA NA GUERRA IRMÃO

kirk thiago pedroso

2y↑7

que banda PHooooda!!!
😎

Duncan Brimble

2y↑5

Love these uploads.

aaron frost

24w↑1

2:19 Morrissey does a terrible impression of Yoda before it was cool.

Mixioner

2y↑7

💛💛

Vai Brasil

2y↑4

Fico sempre bem quando ouço Morrissey. 😍😍😍

Mon Sun

2y↑5

Woooow 💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋

Ge Ferreira

2y↑3

É simplesmente a melhor banda!! 😍❤💓

Flynn Taylor

1y↑2

Date rape, how brave of Morrissey to put it out there. I know very few songs about such delicate social issues short of areosmith doing janies got a gun and amos singing about her sexual assault. I think this song was first for me as identification but morrisey does have an incredibly dark mind. I love his work, he is a lyrical powerhouse 😲😎🤣

Noob s

2y↑6

😍

Leandro Oliveira

39w↑1

Eu amo Morissey, nunca irá existir outro que tenha o carisma que ele têm!

David Ellis

2y↑6

And You Were Clearly Never Met To Go. So , Don't Go !

Captain Pugwash

1y↑1

It's called hindsight

Zaxter Deep

36w

Love this song I just wish they used that bangin guitar part from the beginning more

Felipe López Santiago

2y↑4

🕺🏽🙆🏽‍♂️😃😃

sexobscura

what are the meaning of these words …

Nadia Araoz

24w

Me every time I star a drawing but get bored or frustrated and leave it :(

Bugsy Siegel

2y↑4

Always

Yvonne Watkinson

17w

Please please listen to the lyrics x funny sad. Odd. Love the smiths😁🤔❤️

Lori Rothenbush

29w

Great exercise beat.......when stuck housebound at this time or anytime. Thanks Moz and the Band....love ya!!

mnllva 77

chale me recuerda va mi ex:'(

Dais

2y↑3

💖❤💖❤💖

Christian Brady

2y↑1

Love love love it

ScatKat

36w

1:20

Ainur Rahmawati

34w

adakah orang indonesia yg dengerin ini? let me know haha kita temenan lewat musik.

Patrick Clayton

ok steven do that again .Not to me you wont

Fluff McPuffles

1y↑4

my favorite smiths song

Brazillionaire Mma

15w

Me @ every smiths song except golden lights

Max Taylor

1y↑1

#Trexit

Pam Doyle

18w

Whoever added this doesn’t understand the Smiths’ beautiful use of the English language by not stating the correct title. This song I’d called “I started something I COULDN’T finish”. The Smiths would be ashamed!!