Is It Really So Strange? (June 1986, unreleased studio recording) Songtext
von The Smiths

This song is called "Is It Really so Strange"?

I left the North, I travelled South
I found a tiny house, and I can′t help the way that I feel

Oh yes, you can kick me, and you can punch me
And you can break my face a-but you won't change the way I feel
′Cause I love you, oh

And is it really so strange?
Oh, is it really so strange?
Oh, is it really so, really so strange?
I say, "No", you say, "Yes", but you will change your mind

I left the South, I travelled North
I got confused, I killed a horse, I can't help the way I feel


Oh-yes, you can kick me, and you can butt me
And you can break my spine, but you won't change the way I feel
′Cause I love you, oh

And is it really so strange?
Oh, is it really so strange?
Oh, is it really so, really so strange?
I say, "No", you say, "Yes", but you will change your mind

I left the North again, I travelled South again
And I got confused, I killed a man, I can′t help the way I feel
I can't help the way I feel
I can′t help the way I feel

I lost my bag in Newport Pagnell
Why is the last mile the hardest mile?
My throat was dry with the sun in my eyes
And I realized, I realized
That I could never, I could never, never, never go back home again
Thank you, thank you