Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want

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THE SMITHS song
Name	Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
Album/single	William, It Was Really Nothing Hatful Of Hollow
Length	1:50
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Producer	John Porter
Release	August 1984
Recorded	July 1984

Information

John Porter plays mandolin on this track.

Morrissey stated:

"I think it was very close indeed, and hiding it away on a B-side was sinful. I feel sad about it now although we did include it on Hatful Of Hollow by way of semi-repentance. When we first played it to Rough Trade, they kept asking, "where's the rest of the song?" But to me, it's like a very brief punch in the face. Lengthening the song would, to my mind, have simply been explaining the blindingly obvious."

On being asked if this was a perfect Smiths song.
(Melody Maker, September 26, 1987)

Lyrics

Good times for a change
See, the luck I've had
Can make a good man
Turn bad

So please, please, please
Let me, let me, let me
Let me get what I want
This time

Haven't had a dream in a long time
See, the life I've had
Can make a good man bad

So for once in my life
Let me get what I want
Lord knows, it would be the first time
Lord knows, it would be the first time