Death of a Disco Dancer Lyrics

Lyric discussion by npsajustin 

Cover art for Death of a Disco Dancer lyrics by Smiths, The

I thought maybe Moz might have been inspired by the murder of Kitty Genovese. She was a girl who was murdered in Queens in front of her apartment. Genovese was attacked three different time over a period of 30 min. Many of her neighbors (up to 38 people according to the NY Times) heard or saw the attack but didn't intervene because as one one woman said she didn't want to "get involved." Great Song! Like everything the Smiths did.