What She Said: Difference between revisions

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Cover art

THE SMITHS song
Name	What She Said
Album/single	Meat Is Murder Shakespeare's Sister (single)
Length	2:42
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Producer	The Smiths Stephen Street (Recording Engineer)
Release	February 1985
Recorded	Winter 1984

Information

Elizabeth Smart's "By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept" provides some lyrical inspiration for this song.
See her wiki entry for a full list of songs that are influenced by her writing.

Lyrics

What she said:
"How come someone hasn't noticed
that I'm dead
and decided to bury me?
God knows, I'm ready"
What she said was sad
but then, all the rejection she's had
to pretend to be happy
could only be idiocy
What she said was not for the job or
lover that she never had
What she read
all heady books
she'd sit and prophesise
(it took a tattooed boy from
Birkenhead
to really really open her eyes)
What she read
all heady books
she'd sit and prophesise
(it took a tattooed boy from
Birkenhead
to really really open her eyes)
What she said:
"I smoke 'cos I'm hoping for an
early death
AND I NEED TO CLING TO SOMETHING!"
What she said:
"I smoke 'cos I'm hoping for an
early death
AND I NEED TO CLING TO SOMETHING!"

Live History

Play count (The Smiths concert): 90

The Smiths live history:

... further results

Play count (Morrissey concert): 98

Morrissey live history:

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Appears On

Appears On Covers Compilation

Cover Versions

Related Forum Threads

The Smiths A-Z: "What She Said" - Morrissey-solo (Nov 21, 2022)

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+==Information==
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+[[Elizabeth Smart]]'s "By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept" provides some lyrical inspiration for this song.<br>
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+See her [https://www.morrissey-solo.com/wiki/Elizabeth_Smart wiki] entry for a full list of songs that are influenced by her writing.
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+What she said:
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+and decided to bury me?
+God knows, I'm ready"
+What she said was sad
+but then, all the rejection she's had
+to pretend to be happy
+could only be idiocy
+What she said was not for the job or
+lover that she never had
+What she read
+all heady books
+she'd sit and prophesise
+(it took a tattooed boy from
+Birkenhead
+to really really open her eyes)
+What she read
+all heady books
+she'd sit and prophesise
+(it took a tattooed boy from
+Birkenhead
+to really really open her eyes)
+What she said:
+"I smoke 'cos I'm hoping for an
+early death
+AND I NEED TO CLING TO SOMETHING!"
+What she said:
+"I smoke 'cos I'm hoping for an
+early death
+AND I NEED TO CLING TO SOMETHING!"
+</poem>
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