I Started Something I Couldn't Finish (single)

Cover art

THE SMITHS Single
Name	I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
Release
Writer/composer	Morrissey/Marr
Vinyl Etching	"MURDER AT THE WOOL HALL" (x) STARRING SHERIDAN WHITESIDE YOU ARE BELIEVING, YOU DO NOT WANT TO SLEEP
Publisher	Rough Trade Records (UK) Sire Records (US)
Format(s)	7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
Chart position	UK #23
Single chronology
Girlfriend In A Coma ← I Started Something I Couldn't Finish → Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me

Lyrics

The lanes were silent There was nothing, no one, nothing around for miles I doused our friendly venture With a hard-faced Three-word gesture

I started something I forced you to a zone And you were clearly Never meant to go Hair brushed and parted Typical me, typical me Typical me I started something And now I'm not too sure

I grabbed you by the guilded beams Uh, that's what tradition means And I doused another venture With a gesture That was absolutely vile

I started something I forced you to a zone And you were clearly Never meant to go Hair brushed and parted Typical me, typical me Typical me I started something And now I'm not too sure

I grabbed you by the guilded beams Uh, that's what tradition means And now eighteen months' hard labor Seems fair enough

I started something And I forced you to a zone And you were clearly Never meant to go Hair brushed and parted Typical me, typical me Typical me I started something And now I'm not too sure

I started something I started something Typical me, typical me Typical me, typical me Typical me, typical me Typical me I started something And now I'm not too sure

OK Stephen, do that again?

Music Video (UK)

• Directed by Tim Broad

Live History

Play count (The Smiths concert): 0

Play count (Morrissey concert): 21

Morrissey live history:

• Portland, Oregon 2017-10-31 (Morrissey concert)
• Seattle, Washington 2017-11-02 (Morrissey concert)
• San Francisco, California 2017-11-04 (Morrissey concert)
• Los Angeles, California 2017-11-10 (Morrissey concert)
• Los Angeles, California 2017-11-11 (Morrissey concert)
• Phoenix, Arizona 2017-11-16 (Morrissey concert)
• Salt Lake City, Utah 2017-11-18 (Morrissey concert)
• Denver, Colorado 2017-11-20 (Morrissey concert)
• St. Louis, Missouri 2017-11-22 (Morrissey concert)
• Chicago, Illinois 2017-11-25 (Morrissey concert)

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Appears On

• How Soon Is Now? (single)
• Strangeways, Here We Come
• I Started Something I Couldn't Finish (single)
• Singles
• The Very Best Of The Smiths
• The Sound Of The Smiths
• Complete

Appears On Covers Compilation

• Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before: A Tribute To The Smiths

Cover Versions

• Bow Wow Wow