| The Smiths – Shoplifters of the World Unite Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Im afraid, Morrissey in an interview said this song is indeed about stealing peoples ideas and art and passing it off as their own. Hence the cover of the single, a young Elvis Presley...perhaps the greatest entertainer of all time and indeed the greatest thief of black rhythm and blues music. Sure the gay connotations cant be denied in this song, but the lyrics do indeed go beyond that. Morrissey himself is a shoplifter with the elvis/james dean hair, oscar wilde flowers, and the countless couplets he's 'borrowed'!!! | |
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