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THE SMITHS Single
Name	I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
Release
Writer/composer	Morrissey/Marr
Vinyl Etching	"MURDER AT THE WOOL HALL" (x) STARRING SHERIDAN WHITESIDE YOU ARE BELIEVING, YOU DO NOT WANT TO SLEEP
Publisher	Rough Trade Records (UK) Sire Records (US)
Format(s)	7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
Chart position	UK #23
Single chronology
Girlfriend In A Coma ← I Started Something I Couldn't Finish → Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me

Lyrics

The lanes were silent There was nothing, no one, nothing around for miles I doused our friendly venture With a hard-faced Three-word gesture
I started something I forced you to a zone And you were clearly Never meant to go Hair brushed and parted Typical me, typical me Typical me I started something And now I'm not too sure
I grabbed you by the guilded beams Uh, that's what tradition means And I doused another venture With a gesture That was absolutely vile
I started something I forced you to a zone And you were clearly Never meant to go Hair brushed and parted Typical me, typical me Typical me I started something And now I'm not too sure
I grabbed you by the guilded beams Uh, that's what tradition means And now eighteen months' hard labor Seems fair enough
I started something And I forced you to a zone And you were clearly Never meant to go Hair brushed and parted Typical me, typical me Typical me I started something And now I'm not too sure
I started something I started something Typical me, typical me Typical me, typical me Typical me, typical me Typical me I started something And now I'm not too sure
OK Stephen, do that again?

Music Video (UK)

Directed by Tim Broad

Live History

Play count (The Smiths concert): 0

Play count (Morrissey concert): 21

Morrissey live history:

... further results

Appears On

Appears On Covers Compilation

Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before: A Tribute To The Smiths

Cover Versions

Bow Wow Wow

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+| ArtistType = The Smiths
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 | PreviousLink = Girlfriend In A Coma (single)
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+| Next = Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
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-== Lyrics ==
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+The lanes were silent
+There was nothing, no one, nothing around for miles
+I doused our friendly venture
+With a hard-faced
+Three-word gesture
-}}
+I started something
+I forced you to a zone
+And you were clearly
+Never meant to go
+Hair brushed and parted
+Typical me, typical me
+Typical me
+I started something
+And now I'm not too sure
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+I grabbed you by the guilded beams
+Uh, that's what tradition means
+And I doused another venture
+With a gesture
+That was absolutely vile
+I started something
+I forced you to a zone
+And you were clearly
+Never meant to go
+Hair brushed and parted
+Typical me, typical me
+Typical me
+I started something
+And now I'm not too sure
-== Sleeve Artwork ==
+I grabbed you by the guilded beams
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+Uh, that's what tradition means
- File: | Cover art. (198)
+And now eighteen months' hard labor
+Seems fair enough
+I started something
+And I forced you to a zone
+And you were clearly
+Never meant to go
+Hair brushed and parted
+Typical me, typical me
+Typical me
+I started something
+And now I'm not too sure
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+I started something
+I started something
+Typical me, typical me
+Typical me, typical me
+Typical me, typical me
+Typical me
+I started something
+And now I'm not too sure
-==Music Video==
+OK Stephen, do that again?
-===Credits===
+}}
-==Live History==
-==Appears On==
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- File: | ''[[]]''<br><br><br> (19)
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-== Related Items ==
+==Music Video (UK)==
+<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvUS0zDTowc</youtube>
+* Directed by [[Tim Broad]]
-== References ==
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