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The song features a sample of the line "what's your name?" by actress Kay Walsh from the 1942 film "In Which We Serve." | The song features a sample of the line "what's your name?" by actress Kay Walsh from the 1942 film "[[In Which We Serve]]." | ||
The title is asserted to be derived from a poem by Stevie Smith entitled: "Not Waving, But Drowning" (1957). | The title is asserted by [[Simon Goddard]] in [[Mozipedia]] to be derived from a poem by [[Stevie Smith]] entitled: "Not Waving, But Drowning" (1957). Excerpt: | ||
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‘Inspired by real facts’, or so Morrissey teased, this sinister if blackly comic vignette was strongly reminiscent of Stevie Smith’s famous 1957 poem ‘Not Waving, But Drowning’. Whereas in Smith’s tale a man drowns out at sea watched by oblivious bystanders who mistake his flailing arms for playful ‘larking’, in Morrissey’s version an exhausted lifeguard calmly and maliciously allows a girl in similar peril to drown so he can sleep in peace. | |||
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== Lyrics == | == Lyrics == | ||
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Always looking for attention | Always looking for attention | ||
Always needs to be mentioned | Always needs to be mentioned | ||
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There's no, no way | There's no, no way | ||
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