A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours

The Smiths

Oh hello
I am the ghost of Troubled Joe
Hung by his pretty white neck
Some eighteen months ago
I travelled to a mystical time zone
And I missed my bed
And I soon came home

They said "There's too much caffeine
In your bloodstream
And a lack of real spice in your life"

I said "Leave me alone
Because I'm alright, dad
Surprised to still be on my own"

Oh, but don't mention love
I'd hate the strain of the pain again

A rush and a push and the land that
We stand on is ours
It has been before
So it shall be again
And people who are uglier than you and I
They take what they need, and just leave

Oh, but don't mention love
I'd hate the pain of the strain all over again
A rush and a push and the land that
We stand on is ours
It has been before
So why can't it be now?
And people who are weaker than you and I
They take what they want from life

Oh, but don't mention love
No, no, don't mention love

A rush and a push and the land that
We stand on is ours
Your youth may be gone
But you're still a young man
So phone me, phone me
So phone me, phone me, phone me

Oh, I think I'm in love
Oh, I think I'm in love
Oh, I think I'm in love (think I'm in love)
Oh, I think I'm in love


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A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours Lyrics as written by Steven Patrick Morrissey Johnny Marr

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    Yeah, it's about a vacation in Slough or something like that :-) And you actually try to make the best of it and do some bathing. And then some idiots steal your clothes while you're swimming lol. Reason enough to damn the godforsaken shithole to hell...

    Just imagine the hilarious image of Morrissey slowly walking back to the bench and bit by bit realizing that it's empty and that he's going to have to walk back to his room like that with everyone seeing him in his swimming shorts :-) He can be quite violent in situations like that ^^

    Duffoon August 06, 2009   Link

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