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[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]] [[File:Heaven-Knows.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] {{Songbox | Name = Girl Afraid | Album = [[Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (single)|Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now]]<br>[[Hatful Of Hollow]] | Length = 2:46 | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]] | Producer = [[Producer::John Porter]] | Recorded = March 1984 | Release = May 1984 | ArtistType = The Smiths }} ==Information== A version of this song is known to have been recorded by [[Mention::Geoff Travis]] that pre-dates the album version.<br> It was never used nor has it leaked. The song shares its title with that of an on-screen fictional novel title in [[Mention::Old Acquaintance]] (1943), featuring [[Mention::Bette_Davis]]. == Lyrics == <poem> Girl afraid Where do his intentions lay? Or does he even have any? She says: "He never really looks at me I give him every opportunity! In the room downstairs he sat and stared... In the room downstairs he sat and stared... I'll never make that mistake again!" I'll never make that mistake again... I'll never make that mistake again... Boy afraid Prudence never pays And everything she wants costs money "But she doesn't even like me And I know because she said so! In the room downstairs she sat and stared... In the room downstairs she sat and stared... I'll never make that mistake again!" No... </poem> {{CommonSongSections | Artist = The Smiths | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}}
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