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| Album = Only ever played live once. | | Album = Only ever played live once. | ||
| Length = 0:42 | | Length = 0:42 | ||
| Writer = Randy Newman | | Writer = Randy Newman (1965) | ||
| Producer = Not applicable. | | Producer = Not applicable. | ||
| Release = Never Released | | Release = Never Released | ||
| ArtistType = Morrissey | | ArtistType = Morrissey | ||
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[[Category:Morrissey Lyrics]] | |||
[[Category:Covered by Morrissey / The Smiths]] | |||
==Information== | ==Information== | ||
Written by Randy Newman for Frank Sinatra Jr., but became a #4 song in the UK for Alan Price in 1968. | 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 Boston, MA. | |||
Played at the beginning of the concert at The Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA. on October 30, 2007. | |||
Just vocals & keyboard. | 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)]]. | 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 [[Mention::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 == | ||
<poem> | |||
I may go out tomorrow if I can borrow a coat to wear | 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 | Oh I'd step out in style with my sincere smile and my dancing bear | ||
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Will be Simon Smith and his dancing bear | Will be Simon Smith and his dancing bear | ||
It's Simon Smith and the amazing dancing bear | It's Simon Smith and the amazing dancing bear | ||
</poem> | |||
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