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THE SMITHS song
Name	Nowhere Fast
Album/single	Meat Is Murder
Length	2:37
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Producer	The Smiths
Release	February 1985
Recorded	Autumn 1984

Information

Lyrics

I'd like to drop my trousers to the world
I am a man of means (of slender means)
each household appliance
is like a new science in my town
And if the day came when I felt a
natural emotion
I'd get such a shock I'd probably jump
in the ocean
and when a train goes by
it's such a sad sound

I'd like to drop my trousers to the Queen
every sensible child will know what this means
the poor and the needy
are selfish and greedy on her terms
and if the day came when I felt a
natural emotion
I'd get such a shock I'd probably jump
in the ocean
and when a train goes by
it's such a sad sound

And when I'm lying in my bed
I think about life
and I think about death
and neither one particularly appeals to me
and if the day came when I felt a
natural emotion
I'd get such a shock I'd probably lie
in the middle of the street and die
I'd lie down and die

Live History

Play count (The Smiths concert): 71

The Smiths live history:

... further results

Play count (Morrissey concert): 4

Morrissey live history:

Appears On

Related Forum Threads

The Smiths A-Z: "Nowhere Fast" - Morrissey-solo (May 07, 2022)

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 | Album = [[Meat Is Murder]]
 | Length = 2:37
-| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
+| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]]
-| Producer = [[The Smiths]]
+| Producer = [[Producer::The Smiths]]
 | Recorded = Autumn 1984
 | Release = February 1985
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 == Lyrics ==
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-|
 I'd like to drop my trousers to the world
-I am a man of means, of slender means
+I am a man of means (of slender means)
-Each household appliance
+each household appliance
-Is like a new science in my town
+is like a new science in my town
-And if the day came when I felt a natural emotion
+And if the day came when I felt a
-I'd get such a shock I'd probably jump in the ocean
+natural emotion
-And when a train goes by, it's such a sad sound
+I'd get such a shock I'd probably jump
-No, no, no, no, no
+in the ocean
-It's such a sad thing
+and when a train goes by
+it's such a sad sound
 I'd like to drop my trousers to the Queen
-Every sensible child will know what this means
+every sensible child will know what this means
-The poor and the needy
+the poor and the needy
-Are selfish and greedy on her terms
+are selfish and greedy on her terms
-And if the day came when I felt a natural emotion
+and if the day came when I felt a
-I'd get such a shock I'd probably jump in the ocean
+natural emotion
-And when a train goes by, it's such a sad sound
+I'd get such a shock I'd probably jump
-No, no, no, no, no
+in the ocean
-It's such a sad thing
+and when a train goes by
+it's such a sad sound
 And when I'm lying in my bed
-I think about life and I think about death
+I think about life
-And neither one particularly appeals to me
+and I think about death
-And if the day came when I felt a natural emotion
+and neither one particularly appeals to me
+and if the day came when I felt a
+natural emotion
 I'd get such a shock I'd probably lie
-In the middle of the street and die
+in the middle of the street and die
-I'd lie down and die, oh-oh
+I'd lie down and die
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+</poem>
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