Frankly, Mr. Shankly Lyrics

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Cover art for Frankly, Mr. Shankly lyrics by Smiths, The

Cocksure fantasy resignation, and linked to songs like 'Heaven Knows' in the anti-work ethic. The 'bloody awful poetry' was linked to a record executive, Morrissey's boss-of-sorts, showing him some poetry he'd written. He saw himself as his intellectual equivalent, but Morrissey obviously didn't see it that way.