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| Name = Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning
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| Album = [[Vauxhall And I]]
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| Length = 3:42
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| Writer = Morrissey/Boorer
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| Producer = [[Steve Lillywhite]]  
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| Recorded = Summer 1993
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==Information==
==Information==
The song features a sample of the line "what's your name?" by actress Kay Walsh from the 1942 film "In Which We Serve."
The title is asserted by Goddard in [[Mozipedia]] to be derived from a poem by [[Stevie Smith]] entitled: "Not Waving, But Drowning" (1957). Excerpt:
<pre>
‘Inspired by real facts’, or so Morrissey teased, this sinister if blackly comic vignette was strongly reminiscent of Stevie Smith’s famous 1957 poem ‘Not Waving, But Drowning’. Whereas in Smith’s tale a man drowns out at sea watched by oblivious bystanders who mistake his flailing arms for playful ‘larking’, in Morrissey’s version an exhausted lifeguard calmly and maliciously allows a girl in similar peril to drown so he can sleep in peace.
</pre>


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
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Always looking for attention
Always needs to be mentioned
Who does she think she should be?
The shrill cry through darkening air
Doesn't she know he's
Had such a busy day?
Tell her...shh
Somebody tell her...shh
No way, no way
There's no movement, no
Hooray
It was only a test
But she swam too far against the tide
She deserves all she gets
The sky became mad with stars
As an out-stretched arm slowly disappears
Hooray
Oh, hooray
No, there's no movement, no
Hooray, hooray
Please don't worry there'll be no fuss
She was...nobody's nothing
When he awoke the sea was calm
And another day passes like a dream
There's no, no way
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==Personnel==


* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals <br>
* [[Alain Whyte]] - Guitars, backing vocals<br>
* [[Boz Boorer]] - Guitars<br>
* [[Jonny Bridgwood]] - Bass guitar<br>
* [[Woodie Taylor]] - Drums<br>
* Producer - [[Steve Lillywhite]]<br>
* Engineer - Chris Dickie<br>
* Assistant Engineer - Danton Supple<br>
* Photography - Dean Freeman (cover)<br>
* Photography - [[Jake Walters]] (Black & White photographs)<br>
* Art co-ordination - Greg Ross<br>
* Sleeve - Whores In Retirement<br>


 
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==Live History==
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Revision as of 13:27, 22 August 2021

Cover art
MORRISSEY song
Name Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning
Album/single Vauxhall And I
Length 3:42
Writer/composer Morrissey/Boorer
Producer Steve Lillywhite
Recorded Summer 1993


Information

The song features a sample of the line "what's your name?" by actress Kay Walsh from the 1942 film "In Which We Serve."

The title is asserted by Goddard in Mozipedia to be derived from a poem by Stevie Smith entitled: "Not Waving, But Drowning" (1957). Excerpt:

‘Inspired by real facts’, or so Morrissey teased, this sinister if blackly comic vignette was strongly reminiscent of Stevie Smith’s famous 1957 poem ‘Not Waving, But Drowning’. Whereas in Smith’s tale a man drowns out at sea watched by oblivious bystanders who mistake his flailing arms for playful ‘larking’, in Morrissey’s version an exhausted lifeguard calmly and maliciously allows a girl in similar peril to drown so he can sleep in peace.

Lyrics

Always looking for attention Always needs to be mentioned Who does she think she should be?

The shrill cry through darkening air Doesn't she know he's Had such a busy day?

Tell her...shh Somebody tell her...shh

No way, no way There's no movement, no Hooray

It was only a test But she swam too far against the tide She deserves all she gets

The sky became mad with stars As an out-stretched arm slowly disappears

Hooray Oh, hooray No, there's no movement, no Hooray, hooray

Please don't worry there'll be no fuss She was...nobody's nothing

When he awoke the sea was calm And another day passes like a dream

There's no, no way


Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 0


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