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| Album = [[Louder Than Bombs]]<br>[[Sheila Take A Bow (single)]]
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| Length = 3:04 (Peel Session)<br>3:09 (original studio take)
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| Producer = [[John Porter]]
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| Recorded = December 2, 1986<br>By the BBC/Peel Session
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| Release = March 1987
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==Information==
==Information==
* An alternate studio version of this song appears on [[The Smiths – Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals (LP bootleg)|The Smiths – Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals]] bootleg LP.
* The version released as a B-side and album compilation track is the Peel Session.


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==


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|I left the North
I left the North
I travelled South
I travelled South
I found a tiny house
I found a tiny house
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I could never
I could never
I could never, never, never, go back home again
I could never, never, never, go back home again
</poem>
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==Live History==

Revision as of 07:52, 8 April 2022

THE SMITHS song
Name Is It Really So Strange?
Album/single Louder Than Bombs
Sheila Take A Bow (single)
Length 3:04 (Peel Session)
3:09 (original studio take)
Writer/composer Morrissey/Marr
Producer John Porter
Release March 1987
Recorded December 2, 1986
By the BBC/Peel Session


Information

Lyrics

I left the North
I travelled South
I found a tiny house
And I can't help the way I feel
Oh yes, you can kick me
And you can punch me
And you can break my face
But you won't change the way I feel
'Cause I love you
Oh...

And is it really so strange?
Oh, is it really so strange?
Oh, is it really so, really so strange?
I say NO, you say YES
(and you will change your mind)

I left the South
I travelled North
I got confused - I killed a horse
I can't help the way I feel
Oh yes, you can punch me
And you can butt me
And you can break my spine
But you won't change the way I feel
'Cause I love you
Oh...

And is it really so strange?
Oh, is it really so strange?
Oh, is it really so, really so strange?
I say NO, you say YES
(But you will change your mind)

I left the North again
I travelled South again
And I got confused - I killed a nun
I CAN'T HELP THE WAY I FEEL
I CAN'T HELP THE WAY I FEEL
I CAN'T HELP THE WAY I FEEL
(I lost my bag in Newport Pagnell)

Why is the last mile the hardest mile?
My throat was dry, with the sun in my eyes
And I realised, I realised
I could never
I could never, never, never, go back home again

Live History

Play count (The Smiths concert): 35

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