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{{Songbox | |||
| Name = Simon Smith And His Amazing Dancing Bear | |||
| Album = Only ever played live once. | |||
| Length = 0:42 | |||
| Writer = Randy Newman (1965) | |||
| Producer = Not applicable. | |||
| Release = Never Released | |||
| ArtistType = Morrissey | |||
}} | |||
[[Category:Morrissey Lyrics]] | [[Category:Morrissey Lyrics]] | ||
[[Category:Covered by Morrissey / The Smiths]] | |||
==Information== | |||
Written by Randy Newman for Frank Sinatra Jr., but became a #4 song in the UK for [[Alan Price]] in 1968. | |||
Played at the beginning of the concert at The Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA. on October 30, 2007. | |||
Just vocals & keyboard. | |||
The "I may go out tomorrow if I can borrow a coat to wear" section is cited to have been an influence on the lyrics of [[This_Charming_Man_(single)]]. | |||
Morrissey mentions this song in [[Autobiography]]: | |||
"1967’s major investments are Simon Smith and his amazing dancing bear by Alan Price (who sings ‘well excepted everywhere’, which surely ought to be ‘well accepted everywhere’), Peek-a-boo by the New Vaudeville Band, Bernadette by the Four Tops." | |||
Lyrics reproduced below in full, although Morrissey didn't sing them all. | |||
== Audio == | |||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp6NjeAXUXs</youtube> | |||
== Lyrics == | |||
{{lyrics | |||
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I may go out tomorrow if I can borrow a coat to wear | |||
Oh I'd step out in style with my sincere smile and my dancing bear | |||
Outrageous alarming courageous charming | |||
Oh who would think a boy and bear | |||
Could be well accepted everywhere | |||
It's just amazing how fair people can be | |||
Seen at the nicest places where well fed faces all stop to stare | |||
Making the grandest entrance is Simon Smith and his dancing bear | |||
They'll love us, won't they? | |||
They feed us, don't they? | |||
Oh, who would think a boy and bear | |||
Could be well accepted everywhere | |||
It's just amazing how fair people can be | |||
Who needs money when you're funny? | |||
The big attraction everywhere | |||
Will be Simon Smith and his dancing bear | |||
It's Simon Smith and the amazing dancing bear | |||
}} | |||
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