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Bobby, Don’t You Think They Know? Lyrics
[Intro]
Let's hurry up
Why are you walking on this side?
Get out of here
Hey
Get out of here
[Verse 1: Morrissey]
Ice snow, spikes blow
Bobby, don't you think they know?
Oh-oh, Bobby, don't you think they know?
[Chorus: Morrissey, Morrissey & Thelma Houston]
Aren't you
Tired of
Pretending?
I know your torture below
Aren't you
Tired of
Pretending?
I know your torture down below
[Verse 2: Morrissey & Thelma Houston, Both]
Scag a shack, Mexican mud (Uh-huh)
Little Jo in the snow, Bobby, don't you think they know? (Yeah)
Oh-oh (Oh-oh), Bobby, don't you think they know?
[Chorus: Morrissey, Morrissey & Thelma Houston]
Aren't you
Tired of pretending?
I know your torture below
[Refrain: Morrissey & Thelma Houston]
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
[Verse 3: Morrissey & Thelma Houston, Both]
Eighth track (Oh, yeah), A-bomb (Come on now)
White mosquito, of course they know (Yeah)
You ain't foolin' nobody, yeah, oh
Snow king (Come on), toot-and-horse (Yeah)
Then something worse, Bobby, don't you think they know?
Don't you think they know, Bobby?
Oh-oh, Bobby, don’t you think they know?
[Refrain: Morrissey & Thelma Houston]
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
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge: Thelma Houston]
Everybody knows
You ain't foolin' nobody
Lord, have mercy for the man
Ooh, ooh, ooh
[Verse 4: Morrissey & Thelma Houston, Both]
Ice snow, spikes blow
Woah-oh, Bobby, don't you think they know?
Woah, woah, don't you think they know?
Scag a shack (Uh-huh), Mexican mud
Little Jo in the snow, Bobby, don't you think they know?
Oh-oh, of course they know (Of course they know)
Hey, yeah
[Outro: Thelma Houston]
You can't hide it
Bobby
Let's hurry up
Why are you walking on this side?
Get out of here
Hey
Get out of here
Ice snow, spikes blow
Bobby, don't you think they know?
Oh-oh, Bobby, don't you think they know?
Aren't you
Tired of
Pretending?
I know your torture below
Aren't you
Tired of
Pretending?
I know your torture down below
Scag a shack, Mexican mud (Uh-huh)
Little Jo in the snow, Bobby, don't you think they know? (Yeah)
Oh-oh (Oh-oh), Bobby, don't you think they know?
Aren't you
Tired of pretending?
I know your torture 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 (Yeah)
You ain't foolin' nobody, yeah, oh
Snow king (Come on), toot-and-horse (Yeah)
Then something worse, Bobby, don't you think they know?
Don't you think they know, Bobby?
Oh-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 foolin' nobody
Lord, have mercy for the man
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ice snow, spikes blow
Woah-oh, Bobby, don't you think they know?
Woah, woah, don't you think they know?
Scag a shack (Uh-huh), Mexican mud
Little Jo in the snow, Bobby, don't you think they know?
Oh-oh, of course they know (Of course they know)
Hey, yeah
You can't hide it
Bobby
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My favourite track on the album. 'you're tortured below..' hmm..
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.
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
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.
Given that the song features famous Motown singer Thelma Louise, and also how the song repeatedly uses euphemisms for hard drugs, I'd be a bit shocked if this isn't about Bobby Womack. Poor guy had a lot of bad stuff happen to him in his life.