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MORRISSEY song
Name	Reader Meet Author
Album/single	Southpaw Grammar
Length	3:39
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Boz Boorer
Producer	Steve Lillywhite
Release	August 1995
Recorded	Spring 1995

Information

An acoustic demo version of this song is available on the Reader Meet Author bootleg LP.

Lyrics

You don't know a thing about their lives
They live where you wouldn't dare to drive
You shake as you think of how they sleep
But you write as if you all lie side by side

Reader meet author
With the hope of hearing sense
But you may be feeling let down
By the words of defense

He says:
"No one ever sees me when I cry"

You don't know a thing about their lives
Books don't save them, books aren't Stanley knives
And if a fight broke out here tonight
You'd be the first away because you're that type

And the year 2000 won't change anyone here
As each fabled promise flies so fast
You'll swear it was never there
Have you ever escaped from a shipwrecked life?

So safely with your software
All miles from the front line
You hear the way the sad voice sings
And you start to imagine things
Oh, any excuse to write more lies

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 143

Morrissey live history:

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Morrissey A-Z: "Reader Meet Author" - Morrissey-solo (Jul 21, 2021)

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+==Information==
-==Information==
+* An acoustic demo version of this song is available on the [[Reader Meet Author (LP bootleg)|Reader Meet Author]] bootleg LP.
 == Lyrics ==
-{{lyrics
+<poem>
-|
+You don't know a thing about their lives
-}}
+They live where you wouldn't dare to drive
+You shake as you think of how they sleep
+But you write as if you all lie side by side
+Reader meet author
+With the hope of hearing sense
+But you may be feeling let down
+By the words of defense
+He says:
+ "No one ever sees me when I cry"
-==Personnel==
+You don't know a thing about their lives
+Books don't save them, books aren't Stanley knives
+And if a fight broke out here tonight
+You'd be the first away because you're that type
-* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals <br>
+And the year 2000 won't change anyone here
-* [[Alain Whyte]] - Guitars, backing vocals<br>
+As each fabled promise flies so fast
-* [[Boz Boorer]] - Guitars, bass guitar<br>
+You'll swear it was never there
-* [[Jonny Bridgewood]] - Bass guitar<br>
+Have you ever escaped from a shipwrecked life?
-* [[Spencer Corbin]] - Drums<br>
-* Producer - [[Steve Lillywhite]]<br>
-* Engineer - Danton Supple<br>
-* Assistant Engineer - Tom Elmhirst
-* Mastering - Tim Young
-* Layout - Laurence Stevens <br>
-* Sleeve - Whores In Retirement<br>
+So safely with your software
+All miles from the front line
+You hear the way the sad voice sings
+And you start to imagine things
+Oh, any excuse to write more lies
+</poem>
-==Live History==
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