I Won't Share You: Difference between revisions

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Cover art

THE SMITHS song
Name	I Won't Share You
Album/single	Strangeways, Here We Come
Length	2:48
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Producer	Stephen Street Assisted by Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Release	September 1987
Recorded	Spring 1987

Information

Lyrics

I won't share you
I won't share you
with the drive
the ambition
and the zeal I feel
this is my time
as the note I wrote
was read, she said
has the Perrier gone
straight to my head
or is life plainly sick and cruel, instead?
"YES!"
No-no-no-no-no-no
I won't share you
I won't share you
with the drive and the dreams inside
this is my time
Life tends to come and go
well, that's OK
just as long as you know
Life tends to come and go
well, that's OK
just as long as you know
I won't share you
I won't share you
with the drive
and the dreams inside
this is my time
this is my time

Music Video

From The Smiths Archive / YouTube:

Description: A previously uncirculated video for "I Won't Share You" was leaked on the internet at the end of 2008. It is credited to Derek Jarman, from 1987 but was supposedly put together in the early 1990s for a multimedia exhibition organized by Rough Trade which would have raised money for the Terrance Higgins Trust. The planning ended when Rough Trade went into liquidation. The video was therefore only half finished, it would have had band footage overlayed (like the "Ask" and "Panic" videos).

Live History

Play count (The Smiths concert): 0

Play count (Morrissey concert): 3

Morrissey live history:

Appears On

Appears On Covers Compilation

Please, Please, Please: A Tribute To The Smiths

Cover Versions

Sixpence None The Richer

Related Forum Threads

"I Won't Share You" Rough Trade promo video made to help the Terrance Higgins Trust (1987) - Morrissey-solo (Apr 28, 2011)
The Smiths A-Z: "I Won't Share You" - Morrissey-solo (Mar 17, 2022)

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 ==Information==
 == Lyrics ==
+<poem>
-{{lyrics
+I won't share you
-|I won't share you
 I won't share you
-With the drive and ambition
+with the drive
-The zeal I feel
+the ambition
-This is my time
+and the zeal I feel
+this is my time
-The note I wrote
+as the note I wrote
-As she read, she said:
+was read, she said
- "Has the Perrier gone straight to my head
+has the Perrier gone
-  Or is life sick and cruel, instead?"
+straight to my head
+or is life plainly sick and cruel, instead?
 "YES!"
+No-no-no-no-no-no
-No, no, no, no, no, no
-No, no, no, no, no, no
 I won't share you
 I won't share you
-With the drive
+with the drive and the dreams inside
-And the dreams inside
+this is my time
-This is my time
 Life tends to come and go
-That's OK as long as you know
+well, that's OK
+just as long as you know
 Life tends to come and go
-As long as you know
+well, that's OK
+just as long as you know
-Know, know, know, know
-Know, know, know, know, know
 I won't share you
 I won't share you
-With the drive
+with the drive
-And the dreams inside
+and the dreams inside
-This is my time
+this is my time
+this is my time
-I want the freedom
+</poem>
-And I want the guile
+==Music Video==
-I want the freedom and the guile
+From The Smiths Archive / YouTube:
-Life tends to come and go
-As long as you know
-Know, know, know, know
+<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tk5cYU-EdY</youtube>
-No, no, no, no
-I won't share you
+Description: A previously uncirculated video for "I Won't Share You" was leaked on the internet at the end of 2008. It is credited to [[Director::Derek Jarman]], from 1987 but was supposedly put together in the early 1990s for a multimedia exhibition organized by Rough Trade which would have raised money for the Terrance Higgins Trust. The planning ended when Rough Trade went into liquidation. The video was therefore only half finished, it would have had band footage overlayed (like the "Ask" and "Panic" videos).
-I won't share you
-I'll see you somewhere...
-I'll see you sometime, darling...
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-==Personnel==
-==Live History==