In My Humble Opinion – This is the Best Smiths Song

I get shivers anytime I sit and listen to it. šŸ’›

Over the moor, take me to the moor
Dig a shallow grave
And I’ll lay me down

Over the moor, take me to the moor
Dig a shallow grave
And I’ll lay me down

Lesley-Anne, with your pretty white beads
Oh John, you’ll never be a man
And you’ll never see your home again
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for

Edward, see those alluring lights?
Tonight will be your very last night
A woman said: “I know my son is dead”
“I’ll never rest my hands on his sacred head”

Hindley wakes and Hindley says
Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, and says
“Oh, wherever he has gone, I have gone”

But fresh lilaced moorland fields
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death
Fresh lilaced moorland fields
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death

Hindley wakes and says
Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, and says
“Oh, whatever he has done, I have done”
But this is no easy ride
For a child cries

Oh, find me, find me, nothing more
We are on a sullen misty moor
We may be dead and we may be gone
But we will be, we will be, we will be, right by your side
Until the day you die
This is no easy ride

We will haunt you when you laugh
Yes, you could say we’re a team
You might sleep
You might sleep
You might sleep
But you will never dream

Oh, you might sleep
But you will never dream
You might sleep
But you will never dream

Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for

Oh, find me, find me
Find me
I’ll haunt you when you laugh
Oh, I’ll haunt you when you laugh
You might sleep
But you will never dream

Oh
Oh, over the moors, I’m on the moor
Oh, over the moor
Oh, the child is on the moor

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Author: Damien Riley

I'm a singer-songwriter from the High Desert of Southern California, creator of: original music, books, a blog, and two podcasts, Riley on Film where I talk about movies and Rte 66 Espiritu, my online diary whose frontage face is a podcast on spirituality. I pepper it with humor in a stand-up type manner and presentation. If my, what Google AI calls "multi-faceted" art, has inspired, entertained, or helped you in some way, please like and subscribe to my YouTube channel, it helps expand my coast and get my ministry to more people: https://youtube.com/c/@damiensriley Thank you for Being open and Staying OPEN. I am committed to bowing to what IS as I accept you as you are, along with everything just as it IS. Keep the faith. Block the asshples. 5/31/2025 9:99 am Damien āœŒļøšŸ˜