I Couldn't Understand Why People Laughed

MORRISSEY song
Name	I Couldn't Understand Why People Laughed
Album/single	Unreleased
Length	3:24
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Boz Boorer
Producer	Joe Chiccarelli
Release	Not applicable
Recorded	Unknown

Information

Shared on August 22, 2020.

This was considered one of the 'lost' Boorer tracks first registered on the Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI) website in 2017.

This was another unreleased track shared on Twitter & YouTube by Sam Esty Rayner as a thank you to fans after the death of Morrissey's Mother.

Lyrics

I stood up on the stage
I started to sing my song
I said I can rectify
Everything thats wrong
And I couldn't understand
Why people laughed
I couldn't understand
I collected my things and I left
Because now I understand
I understand

I moved across the stage
I sang loud and proud in time
I said I look into animals eyes
And I see mine
I see mine
And I couldn't understand
Why people laughed
I couldn't understand
I collected my things and I left
Because now I understand
I understand

Spotlight on the stage
For the whole world to see
I said I am she
And he is me
He is me

In full flight on the stage
I am now so poorly lit
I sing it because I could never speak it
I could never speak it
And I couldn't understand
Why people laughed
I couldn't understand
I collected my things and I left
Because now I understand
I understand

I froze up on the stage
The soul open wide
And people laughed so hard
That they cried

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 0

Related Forum Threads

• SER YT shares "Brow Of My Beloved" (unreleased version), "I Couldn't Understand Why People Laughed" as a thank you (August 22, 2020) - Morrissey-solo (Aug 22, 2020)
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