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Bought on stolen wine
A nod was the first step
You knew very well
What was coming next
Bought on stolen wine
A nod was the first step
You knew very well
What was coming next
Did I really walk all this way
Just to hear you say :
"Oh, I don't want to go out tonight" ?
"Oh, I don't want to go out tonight"
Oh, but you will
For you must
I don't owe you anything, no
But you owe me something
Repay me now
You should never go to them
Let them come to you
Just like I do
Just like I do
You should not go to
them
Let them come to you
Just like I do
Just like I do
Did I really walk all this way
Just to hear you say :
"Oh, I don't want to go out tonight" ?
"Oh, I don't want to go out tonight"
But you will
For you must
I don't owe you anything, no
But you owe me something
Repay me now
Too freely on your lips
Words prematurely sad
Oh, but I know what will make you smile tonight
Life is never kind
Life is never kind
Oh, but I know what will make you smile tonight
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Bought on stolen wine A nod was the first step You knew very well What was coming next Bought on stolen wine A nod was the first step You knew very well What was coming next Did I really walk all this way Just to hear you say : "Oh, I don't want to go out tonight" ? "Oh, I don't want to go out tonight" Oh, but you will For you must I don't owe you anything, no But you owe me something Repay me now You should never go to them Let them come to you Just like I do Just like I do You should not go to them Let them come to you Just like I do Just like I do Did I really walk all this way Just to hear you say : "Oh, I don't want to go out tonight" ? "Oh, I don't want to go out tonight" But you will For you must I don't owe you anything, no But you owe me something Repay me now Too freely on your lips Words prematurely sad Oh, but I know what will make you smile tonight Life is never kind Life is never kind Oh, but I know what will make you smile tonight
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These words are transcribed without permission the way they appear in the Smiths' debut album. Additions to the printed lyrics are in darker text while omissions are striken out. did I really walk all this way but you will I don't owe you anything, no1 you should never go to them
"I Don't Owe You Anything"
(Morrissey/Marr) Bought on stolen wine
a nod was the first step
you know very well
what was coming next
(repeat verse)
just to hear you say
"oh I don't want to go out tonight"
"oh I don't want to go out tonight"
for you must
but you owe me something
repay me now 2
let them come to you
just like I do
just like I do
you should not go to them
let them come to you
just like I do
just like I do
did I really walk all this way
just to hear you say
"oh I don't want to go out tonight"
"oh I don't want to go out tonight" 3
but you will
for you must
I don't owe you anything, no 1
but you owe me something
repay me now
Too freely on your lips
words
prematurely sad
oh but I know what will make you smile tonight
Life is never kind
life is never kind
oh but I know what will make you smile tonight
2 Sandie Shaw version: "So repay me now".
3 Sandie Shaw version: "No I don't want to go out tonight".
Note:
An early demo of this song stretched up to 7 minutes and included an abandoned verse at the end. This verse
mentioned "The rude girl that you have known" which will "make you smile tonight". It also included this line: "How I want to forget tonight, and I will, as will you."
Quotes
When questioned about which of his song he is most proud lyrically in a Q&A published on the True-To-You website in November 2005, Morrissey answered "It's impossible to answer this because I'm proud of most of them. There are only a few that make me shudder � such as "Get Off The Stage," "Journalists Who Lie," "I Don't Owe You Anything"... But most of them, I think, somehow stand the test of time. Of course, some songs are better than others..."