Ice snow, spikes blow
Bobby don't you think they know?
Oh, Bobby don't you think they know?

Aren't you tired of pretending?
I know, you're tortured below
Aren't you tired of pretending?
I know, you're tortured down below

Scag shack, Mexican mud
Little Jo in the snow
Bobby don't you think they know?
Oh, Bobby don't you think they know?

Aren't you tired of pretending?
I know, you're tortured below

But, ah the pleasure you bring for us
Ah whenever you sing for us
Ah the pleasure you bring for us
Ah whenever you sing for us

Eighth track (oh yeah), A-bomb (come on now)
White mosquito, of course they know
You ain't fooling nobody (yeah)
Snow king, toot-and-horse
Then something worse
Bobby, don't you think they know?
Don't you think they know, Bobby?
Oh, Bobby don't you think they know?

But, ah the pleasure you bring for us
Ah whenever you sing for us
Ah the pleasure you bring for us
Ah whenever you sing for us

Everybody knows
You ain't fooling nobody

Lord have mercy for the man

Ice snow, spikes blow
Oh, Bobby don't you think they know?
Oh, don't you think they know

Scag shack, Mexican mud
Little Jo in the snow
Bobby don't you think they know?
Oh, of course they know

You can't hide it
Bobby


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Bobby, Don't You Think They Know? Lyrics as written by Steven Morrissey Gustavo Manzur

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    My favourite track on the album. 'you're tortured below..' hmm..

    dobadogon July 15, 2021   Link
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    My Interpretation

    It's about a drug addicted promiscuous singer who puts on a phony straight-laced image for marketing purposes. The message is: Being fake is unnecessary.

    thrillracerESQon May 29, 2020   Link
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    General Comment

    Love the song. My favourite from this album, and top of all time. At first sounds like a bit of eh?! But then the explanation of a singer pretending to be someone else working perfectly for me… will be going to Moz’ gig soon, hope he’ll sing it

    DASW16on July 04, 2022   Link
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    General Comment

    For me, this song makes me think of the supposedly proved to be true rumours of Marilyn Monroe sleeping with Bobby Kennedy. My interpretation is that morrissey is writing almost as the perspective of Marilyn.

    IrisHouseon August 11, 2022   Link

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