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[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]] [[File:Girlfriendinacoma.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] [[File:Girlfriendalt.jpg | thumb | right | Alt. cover art]] {{Discobox | Name = Girlfriend In A Coma | Total Length = 2:02<br>2:02 (Monitor Mix) | Recorded = Circa March-April 1987 | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]] | Producer = [[Producer::Stephen Street]]<br>Assisted by [[Producer::Morrissey]] / [[Producer::Johnny Marr]] | Mastered = | Art = Cover star: [[Mention::Shelagh Delaney]] picture from "[[Mention::A Taste Of Honey]]" (1961 Ed.).<br>Layout: [[Mention::Caryn Gough]]<br>Artwork: [[Mention::Jo Slee]]<br>Sleeve: [[Morrissey]] | Vinyl Etching =UK 7": AND NEVER MORE SHALL BE SO / SO FAR, SO BAD UK 12": EVERYBODY IS A FLASHER AT HEART/AND NEVER MORE SHALL BE SO | Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK) | Format = 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, Cassette | Release = 10 August 1987 | Chart = UK #13 | Type = Single | ArtistType = The Smiths | Previous = Sheila Take A Bow | PreviousLink = Sheila Take A Bow (single) | Next = I Started Something I Couldn't Finish | NextLink = I Started Something I Couldn't Finish (single) }} ==Information== * An alternate take of this song appears on [[The Smiths β Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals (LP bootleg)|The Smiths β Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals]] bootleg LP. ==Track list== ===7" Vinyl=== UK - [Rough Trade RT 197] {{tracklist | 01 = Girlfriend In A Coma | 01link = Girlfriend In A Coma (single) | 01-duration = 2:02 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = Work Is A Four-Letter Word | 02link = Work Is A Four-Letter Word | 02-duration = 2:09 (Black/Woolfenden) }} ===12" Vinyl=== UK - [Rough Trade RTT 197] {{tracklist | 01 = Girlfriend In A Coma | 01link = Girlfriend In A Coma (single) | 01-duration = 2:02 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = Work Is A Four-Letter Word | 02link = Work Is A Four-Letter Word | 02-duration = 2:45 (Black/Woolfenden) | 03 = I Keep Mine Hidden | 03link = I Keep Mine Hidden | 03-duration = 1:57 (Morrissey/Marr) }} == Lyrics == <poem> Girlfriend in a coma, I know I know - it's serious Girlfriend in a coma, I know I know - it's really serious there were times when I could have 'murdered' her (but, you know, I would hate anything to happen to her) NO, I DON'T WANT TO SEE HER Do you really think she'll pull through? Do you really think she'll pull through? Girlfriend in a coma I know I know - it's serious there were times when I could have 'strangled' her (but, you know, I would hate anything to happen to her) WOULD YOU PLEASE LET ME SEE HER! Do you really think she'll pull through? Do you really think she'll pull through? Let me whisper my last goodbyes I know - IT'S SERIOUS </poem> ==Music Video== <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GhoWZ5qTwI</youtube> ===Credits=== * Directed by [[Director::Tim Broad]] {{CommonSongSections | Artist = The Smiths | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}}
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