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MORRISSEY song
Name	The Ordinary Boys
Album/single	Viva Hate
Length	3:10
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Stephen Street
Producer	Stephen Street
Release	March 1988
Recorded	Autumn-Winter 1987

Information

The Ordinary Boys is a song that appears on Morrissey's debut album, Viva Hate. It was co-written and produced by Stephen Street.

Lyrics

Ordinary boys
Happy knowing nothing
Happy being no one but themselves

Ordinary girls
Supermarket clothes
Who think it's very clever to be cruel to you

For you were so different
You stood all alone
And you knew that it had to be so
Avoiding...

Ordinary boys
Happy going nowhere
Just around here in their rattling cars

Ordinary girls
Never seeing further
than the cold, small streets that trap them

But you were so different
You had to say no
When those empty fools
Tried to change you and claim you
For the lair of their ordinary world

Where they feel so lucky
So lucky, so lucky
With their lives laid out before them
They're lucky, so lucky
So lucky, so lucky
So...

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 0

Appears On

Viva Hate

Mentioned In

Songs To Save Your Life: CD compiled by Morrissey - Release Information (July 12, 2004)

Related Forum Threads

Morrissey A-Z: "(The) Ordinary Boys" - Morrissey-solo (Jul 11, 2021)

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 ==Information==
+'''The Ordinary Boys''' is a song that appears on [[Morrissey|Morrissey's]] debut album, ''[[Viva Hate]]''. It was co-written and produced by [[Stephen Street]].
 == Lyrics ==
-{{lyrics
+<poem>
-|
+Ordinary boys
-}}
+Happy knowing nothing
+Happy being no one but themselves
+Ordinary girls
+Supermarket clothes
+Who think it's very clever to be cruel to you
+For you were so different
+You stood all alone
+And you knew that it had to be so
+Avoiding...
+Ordinary boys
+Happy going nowhere
+Just around here in their rattling cars
+Ordinary girls
+Never seeing further
+than the cold, small streets that trap them
-==Personnel==
+But you were so different
+You had to say no
+When those empty fools
+Tried to change you and claim you
+For the lair of their ordinary world
-* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals <br>
+Where they feel so lucky
-* [[Stephen Street]] - Bass guitar, guitars<br>
+So lucky, so lucky
-* [[Vini Reilly]] - Guitars, keyboard<br>
+With their lives laid out before them
-* [[Andrew Paresi]] - Drums<br>
+They're lucky, so lucky
-* John Metcalfe - Viola<br>
+So lucky, so lucky
-* Fenella Barton - Violin<br>
+So...
-* Mark Davies - Cello<br>
+</poem>
-* Richard Koster - Violin<br>
-* Robert Wollard - Cello<br>
-* Rachel Maguire - Cello<br>
-* Producer - Stephen Street<br>
-* Assistant Engineer - Steve Williams<br>
-* Art co-ordination - [[Jo Slee]]<br>
-* Layout - Caryn Gough<br>
-* Photography - [[Anton Corbijn]]<br>
-* Photography - Steve Wright<br>
-==Live History==
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