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| Album = [[Strangeways, Here We Come]]  
| Album = [[Strangeways, Here We Come]]  
| Length = 5:35<br>5:40 (Monitor Mix)<br>5:38 (Studio Outtake)  
| Length = 5:35<br>5:40 (Monitor Mix)<br>5:38 (Studio Outtake)  
| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]]
| Producer = [[Stephen Street]]<br>Assisted by [[Morrissey]] & [[Johnny Marr]]  
| Producer = [[Producer::Stephen Street]]<br>Assisted by [[Producer::Morrissey]] / [[Producer::Johnny Marr]]  
| Recorded = Spring 1987
| Recorded = Spring 1987
| Release = September 1987
| Release = September 1987
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== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==


{{lyrics
<poem>
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At the record company meeting  
At the record company meeting
On their hands - a dead star  
On their hands - a dead star
and ooh, the plans that they weave  
And oh, the plans they weave
and ooh, the sickening greed  
And oh, the sickening greed
At the record company party  
 
on their hands - a dead star  
At the record company party
the sycophantic slags all say:
On their hands - a dead star
"I knew him first, and I knew him well"  
The sycophantic slags all say :
"I knew him first, and I knew him well"
 
Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package!
Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package!
Re-evaluate the songs
Re-evaluate the songs
Double-pack with a photograph
double-pack with a photograph  
Extra track (and a tacky badge)
Extra Track (and a tacky badge)
 
A-list, playlist
A-list, playlist
"Please them , please them !"
"Please them, please them!"
"Please them !"
"Please them! please them!"
(sadly, this was your life)
(sadly, THIS was your life)
 
but you could have said no
But you could have said no
if you'd wanted to
If you'd wanted to
you could have said no
You could have said no
if you'd wanted to  
If you'd wanted to
BPI, MTV, BBC  
 
"Please them! Please them!"
BPI, MTV, BBC
(sadly, this was your life)  
"Please them ! Please then!"
but you could have said no
(sadly this was your life)
if you'd wanted to
 
you could have walked away  
But you could have said no
...couldn't you?
If you'd wanted to
I touched you at the soundcheck  
You could have walked away
you had no real way of knowing  
...Couldn't you?
in my heart I begged "please, take me  
 
with you...
I touched you at the soundcheck
You had no real way of knowing
In my heart I begged "Take me with you ...
I don't care where you're going..."
I don't care where you're going..."
But to you I was faceless
But to you I was faceless
I was fawning, I was boring
I was fawning, I was boring
Just a child from those ugly new houses
just a child from those ugly new houses  
Who could never begin to know
who could never begin to know
 
who could never really know
Who could never really know
Best of! Most of!  
Oh...
 
Best of! Most of!
Satiate the need
Satiate the need
Slip them into different sleeves!
slip them into different sleeves!
Buy both, and feel deceived
Buy both, and be deceived
 
climber-new entry, re-entry
Climber - new entry, re-entry
World tour! ("media whore")
World tour! ("media whore")
"Please the Press in Belgium!"
"Please the Press in Belgium!"
(This was your life...)
(THIS was your life...)  
 
and when it fails to recoup?  
And when it fails to recoup ?
Well, maybe:
Well, maybe :
You just haven't earned it yet, baby  
You just haven't earned it yet, baby
 
I walked a pace behind you at the soundcheck
I walked a pace behind you at the soundcheck
You're just the same as I am
you're just the same as I am  
What makes most people feel happy
what makes most people feel happy  
Leads us headlong into harm
leads us headlong into harm
 
so, in my bedroom in those 'ugly new houses'  
So, in my bedroom in those 'ugly new houses'
I dance my legs down to the knees  
I danced my legs down to the knees
but me and my 'true love'
But me and my 'true love'
we will never meet again...
Will never meet again...  
 
At the record company meeting
At the record company meeting
On their hands - at last! - A dead star !
on their hands-at last!-a dead star!  
But they can never taint you in my eyes
but they cannot taint you in my eyes
No, they can never touch you now
no, they cannot touch you now
No, they cannot hurt you my darling
they cannot touch you now  
but me and my 'true love'
will never meet again
</poem>


No, they cannot hurt you, my darling
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Revision as of 17:19, 7 November 2022

Cover art
THE SMITHS song
Name Paint A Vulgar Picture
Album/single Strangeways, Here We Come
Length 5:35
5:40 (Monitor Mix)
5:38 (Studio Outtake)
Writer/composer Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Producer Stephen Street
Assisted by Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Release September 1987
Recorded Spring 1987


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Lyrics

At the record company meeting
On their hands - a dead star
and ooh, the plans that they weave
and ooh, the sickening greed
At the record company party
on their hands - a dead star
the sycophantic slags all say:
"I knew him first, and I knew him well"
Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package!
Re-evaluate the songs
double-pack with a photograph
Extra Track (and a tacky badge)
A-list, playlist
"Please them, please them!"
"Please them! please them!"
(sadly, THIS was your life)
but you could have said no
if you'd wanted to
you could have said no
if you'd wanted to
BPI, MTV, BBC
"Please them! Please them!"
(sadly, this was your life)
but you could have said no
if you'd wanted to
you could have walked away
...couldn't you?
I touched you at the soundcheck
you had no real way of knowing
in my heart I begged "please, take me
with you...
I don't care where you're going..."
But to you I was faceless
I was fawning, I was boring
just a child from those ugly new houses
who could never begin to know
who could never really know
Best of! Most of!
Satiate the need
slip them into different sleeves!
Buy both, and be deceived
climber-new entry, re-entry
World tour! ("media whore")
"Please the Press in Belgium!"
(THIS was your life...)
and when it fails to recoup?
Well, maybe:
You just haven't earned it yet, baby
I walked a pace behind you at the soundcheck
you're just the same as I am
what makes most people feel happy
leads us headlong into harm
so, in my bedroom in those 'ugly new houses'
I dance my legs down to the knees
but me and my 'true love'
we will never meet again...
At the record company meeting
on their hands-at last!-a dead star!
but they cannot taint you in my eyes
no, they cannot touch you now
No, they cannot hurt you my darling
they cannot touch you now
but me and my 'true love'
will never meet again

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