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! colspan="2" | THE SMITHS Song
| Name = What She Said
|-
| Album = [[Meat Is Murder]]<br>[[Shakespeare's Sister (single)]]
| Name
| Length = 2:42
| {{{Name |<span class="unknown">What She Said</span>}}}
| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]]
|-
| Producer = [[Producer::The Smiths]]<br>[[Stephen Street]] (Recording Engineer)
| Album/Single
| Recorded = Winter 1984
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| Release = February 1985
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| ArtistType = The Smiths
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[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]]  
| Length
| {{{Length |<span class="unknown">2:42</span>}}}
|-
| Recorded
| {{{Recorded |<span class="unknown">Autumn 1984</span>}}}
|-
| Writer
| {{{Writer |<span class="unknown">Morrissey/Marr</span>}}}
|-
| Producer
| {{{Producer |<span class="unknown">[[The Smiths]]</span>}}}
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[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]]


==Information==
==Information==
[[Elizabeth Smart]]'s "By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept" provides some lyrical inspiration for this song.<br>
See her [https://www.morrissey-solo.com/wiki/Elizabeth_Smart wiki] entry for a full list of songs that are influenced by her writing.


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==


{{lyrics
<poem>
|
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!"
</poem>


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==Personnel==
 
* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals
* [[Johnny Marr]] - [[Guitarists|Guitars]], [[Keyboardists|piano]]
* [[Andy Rourke]] - [[Bassists|Bass guitar]]
* [[Mike Joyce]] - [[Drummers|Drums]]
* [[Producers|Producer]] - [[The Smiths]]
* Producer - [[John Porter]] (US CD Edition)
* Engineer - [[Stephen Street]]
 
 
==Live History==

Latest revision as of 19:01, 6 December 2022

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:

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Play count (Morrissey concert): 98

Morrissey live history:

... further results

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