At Amber

MORRISSEY song
Name	At Amber The Bed Took Fire [early version]
Album/single	Piccadilly Palare Bona Drag (20th Anniversary) (The Bed Took Fire)
Length	2:43 2:39 (The Bed Took Fire)
Writer/composer	Morrissey/Street
Producer	Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley
Release	October 1990
Recorded	Late 1988

Information

The Bed Took Fire was remastered for an Interesting Drug CBS 12" - making it as far as an acetate before being scrapped.

Lyrics

I'm calling you from the foyer of the Sands Hotel Where the men and the women are acquainted quite well And the drunkards keep on drinking And, oh, my room is cold I'm disputing the bill, I will sleep in my clothes

And you my invalid friend You slam the receiver when you say: "If I had your limbs for a day I would steam away."

I'm calling you from the foyer of this awful hotel Where the slime and the grime gel And I cannot - or, I do not And, oh, my room is cold And I'm envying you never having to choose

And you my invalid friend You slam the receiver when you say: "If I had your limbs for a day I would steam away"

I'm calling you from the foyer of the Sands Hotel It's not low-life, it's just people having a good time And oh, my invalid friend Oh, my invalid friend In our different ways we are the same

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 4

Morrissey live history:

• Phoenix, Arizona 2002-08-09 (Morrissey concert)
• Leeds, England 2020-03-06 (Morrissey concert)
• Cologne, Germany 2020-03-09 (Morrissey concert)
• London, England 2020-03-14 (Morrissey concert)

Appears On

• Viva Hate
• Bona Drag
• Piccadilly Palare (single)
• My Early Burglary Years
• The CD Singles '88–91'
• The HMV/Parlophone Singles '88–'95

Related Forum Threads

• Morrissey A-Z: "At Amber" - Morrissey-solo (Jan 23, 2021)