I Don’t Owe You Anything (mixing‐desk sourced early concert recording from Birmingham Fighting Cocks, 3rd June 1983, their first performance outside of London or Manchester) Songtext
von The Smiths

Bought on stolen wine
A nod was the first step
You knew very well
What was coming next

Bought on stolen wine
A nod was the first step
You knew very well
What was coming next

Did I really walk all this way
Just to hear you say
Oh, I don′t want to go out tonight
Oh, I don't want to go out tonight

Oh, but you will, for you must
I don′t owe you anything, no
But you owe me something
Repay me now


You should never go to them
Let them come to you
Just like I do
Just like I do

You should not go to them
Let them come to you
Just like I do
Just like I do

Did I really walk all this way
Just to hear you say
Oh, I don't want to go out tonight
Oh, I don't want to go out tonight

But you will, for you must
I don′t owe you anything, no
But you owe me something
Repay me now
Too freely on your lips
Words prematurely sad
Oh, but I know what will make you smile tonight
Life is never kind
Life is never kind
Oh, but I know what will make you smile tonight