How Soon Is Now?
Words by Morrissey - Music by Johnny Marr

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I am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does

I am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does

There's a club, if you'd like to go
you could meet somebody who really loves you
so you go, and you stand on your own
and you leave on your own
and you go home, and you cry
and you want to die

When you say it's gonna happen "now"
well, when exactly do you mean?
see I've already waited too long
and all my hope is gone

You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does

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Players
Morrissey (Voice)
Johnny Marr (Guitars)
Andy Rourke (The Bass Guitar)
Mike Joyce (The Drums)

Recording Details
Produced by John Porter
Engineered by Mark Wallis
Recorded at Jam Studios, July 1984

Officially Released Versions
Studio version originally released as the b-side of "William, It Was Really Nothing" (1984). Later released as its own single (1985) and on every album every produced in the history of civilization. Here goes: Hatful Of Hollow (1984), Meat Is Murder (1985), Best... I (1992), Singles (1995), and The Very Best Of The Smiths (2001). Also re-released as its own single in 1992. This song really gets around...


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