Human Being

MORRISSEY song
Name	Human Being
Album/single	You_Have_Killed_Me_(single) (CD2)
Length	6:08
Writer/composer	David Johansen/Johnny Thunders
Producer	Tony Visconti
Release	March 2006
Recorded	Autumn 2005

Information

This is a cover of the New York Dolls song (1974).

Maurizio Mazi is credited with drumming on this track.

That throws the recording date and personnel in to question.

Lyrics

Uno due tre Well if you don't like it Go ahead, find yourself a saint Go ahead now, Try to find a boy Who's gonna be all the things I ain't What you need is A plastic doll with a fresh coat of paint Who's gonna sit through the madness And always act so quaint Oh yeah yeah yeah

With your new friends You're really making a scene I've seen you bouncing around From machine to machine

And you know They're never real They're never what they seem And you can try to generate some warmth And you'll see just what I mean Oh yeah yeah yeah

And if I'm acting like a king Well, that's 'cause I'm a human being I want too many things And that's 'cause I'm a human being And if I've got to dream I said well I'm a human being And if it gets to be obscene, yeah I'm a human being

And I just go around With my head hung down Just like a human being And all those human beings I can hold my head so high Just like a human, I'm a riff raff human being

Won't you give me a little sip Why don't you try me on a drag of that cigarette Why don't you try to give me something that I'll never ever forget

But now don't you blow it all On a million dollar bet Because you're liable to lose it On the best lovin' you've had yet 1 Oh yeah yeah yeah

And if I'm acting like a king Well that's 'cause I'm a human being And if I want too many things That's 'cause I'm a human being And if I've got to dream I said well I'm a human being And if it gets to be obscene, yeah I'm a human being

And I just go around With my head hung down Just like a human being And all those human beings I can hold my head so high Just like a human, I'm a riff raff human being

In fact I'm talking about the human race Trying to cover up the big disgrace Yeah yeah yeah

Yeah, yeah, oh yeah Well I may think that this whole scene is Too appalling for me Or I may be the type who is just a-mad about Everything that I see But I can't cover this with history Or make it just what I want it to be I'm blowing my change on the fan magazines With all the Hollywood refugees Said yeah yeah, oh yeah

And If I'm acting like a king That's 'cause I'm a human being And if I want too many things That's 'cause I'm a human being And if I've got to dream I said well, I'm a human being And if it gets to be obscene, yeah I'm a human being

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 16

Morrissey live history:

• Stirling, Scotland 2006-04-23 (Morrissey concert)
• Greenock, Scotland 2006-04-26 (Morrissey concert)
• Manchester, England 2006-05-08 (Morrissey concert)
• London, England 2006-05-21 (Morrissey concert)
• Nürnberg, Germany 2006-06-04 (Morrissey concert)
• Budapest, Hungary 2006-07-05 (Morrissey concert)
• Zagreb, Croatia 2006-07-06 (Morrissey concert)
• Novi Sad, Serbia 2006-07-07 (Morrissey concert)
• Rome, Italy 2006-07-16 (Morrissey concert)
• Bollate, Milan, Italy 2006-07-17 (Morrissey concert)

... further results

Appears On

• You Have Killed Me (single)

Related Forum Threads

• Morrissey A-Z: "Human Being" - Morrissey-solo (Mar 27, 2021)