The rain falls hard on a humdrum town
This town has dragged you down
Oh, the rain falls hard on a humdrum town
This town has dragged you down
Oh, no, and everybody's got to live their life
And God knows I've got to live mine
God knows I've got to live mine
William, William it was really nothing
William, William it was really nothing
It was your life
How can you stay with a fat girl who'll say
"Oh, would you like to marry me?
And if you like you can buy the ring"
She doesn't care about anything
Would you like to marry me?
And if you like you can buy the ring
I don't dream about anyone except myself
Oh, William, William it was really nothing
William, William
This town has dragged you down
Oh, the rain falls hard on a humdrum town
This town has dragged you down
Oh, no, and everybody's got to live their life
And God knows I've got to live mine
God knows I've got to live mine
William, William it was really nothing
William, William it was really nothing
It was your life
How can you stay with a fat girl who'll say
"Oh, would you like to marry me?
And if you like you can buy the ring"
She doesn't care about anything
Would you like to marry me?
And if you like you can buy the ring
I don't dream about anyone except myself
Oh, William, William it was really nothing
William, William
Lyrics submitted by Idan, edited by Mellow_Harsher, correctuse
William, It Was Really Nothing Lyrics as written by Johnny Marr Steven Morrissey
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I have no idea if Morrissey ever read the book or not, I just think the coincidences are cool.
Whoever said Morrissey thinks that women are after money - I don't think so, Morrissey is a feminist. Just because this girl is described like that, doesn't mean he thinks women are all like that. As for Some Girls..., who says it's a about fat girls? It can mean several different things. ;)
And no, it's definitely not about Billy McKenzie, and I don't think Morrissey ever had any kind of relationship with him. Morrissey didn't even know Billy McKenzie when he wrote the song, they only met when they were set up on a 'blind date' by some imaginative journalists. It's only when "Steven, It Was Really Something" was written - as a joke / publicity stunt, probably - that the story originated.
But really, even if we did't know that, don't you all see how ridiculous the story of Billy McKenzie as the subjecy od the song is? Come on, people, it is MORRISSEY!! He never disclosed a name od anyone he was ever in love with, he is extremely private. You honestly believe he would ever write a song to someone he had had a relationship with, and used THEIR NAME in it?!
"everyone has to live their life, and god knows i've got to live mine, i'm not here to judge you, but why get married? it won't solve anything, yes life has been crap to you, but this isn't the answer, and all you're doing is setting yourself up to be taken advantage of, in the end marriage is really nothing at all"
He wants William to make the right choice, not just give in and get married, because it's expected of him. He knows William knows better, but is just following the plan.
at the same he says he doesn't want to sound as if he's butting in his friends' live:
"And everybody's got to live their life and God knows I've got to live mine"
How can you stay with a fat girl who'll say:
"Would you like to marry me
And if you like you can buy the ring"
She doesn't care about anything
Would you like to marry me
And if you like you can buy the ring
I don't dream about anyone
Except myself
The lyrics in their current form with the incorrect quotation marks changes the meaning of the song completely. The second marriage proposal is actually the marriage proposal of Morrissey (or whoever's POV it is) to William, not the fat girl's repetition of the first proposal.
It is really astonishing that a site dedicated to interpreting song lyrics could present them incorrectly so often.
This would be (sort of) fine if they were all correct, but many aren't, and many are subjective, as they have numerous versions, or are almost impossible to make out.
I can guarantee this because I have written the "official" lyrics to several songs that are now on lots of different websites. Crazy huh?