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[[John Porter]] plays mandolin on this track.<br>Morrissey stated:
[[John Porter]] plays mandolin on this track.<br>Morrissey stated:
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"I think it was very close indeed, and hiding it away on a B-side was sinful. I feel sad about it now although we did include it on Hatful Of Hollow by way of semi-repentance. When we first played it to Rough Trade, they kept asking, "where's the rest of the song?" But to me, it's like a very brief punch in the face. Lengthening the song would, to my mind, have simply been explaining the blindingly obvious."
"I think it was very close indeed, and hiding it away on a B-side was sinful. I feel sad about it now although we did include it on Hatful Of Hollow by way of semi-repentance. When we first played it to Rough Trade, they kept asking, "where's the rest of the song?" But to me, it's like a very brief punch in the face. Lengthening the song would, to my mind, have simply been explaining the blindingly obvious."
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On being asked if this was a perfect Smiths song.<br>(Melody Maker, September 26, 1987)
On being asked if this was a perfect Smiths song.<br>(Melody Maker, September 26, 1987)


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THE SMITHS song
Name Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
Album/single Hatful Of Hollow
William, It Was Really Nothing (single)
Length 1:50
Writer/composer Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Producer John Porter
Release August 1984
Recorded July 1984


Information

John Porter plays mandolin on this track.
Morrissey stated:

"I think it was very close indeed, and hiding it away on a B-side was sinful. I feel sad about it now although we did include it on Hatful Of Hollow by way of semi-repentance. When we first played it to Rough Trade, they kept asking, "where's the rest of the song?" But to me, it's like a very brief punch in the face. Lengthening the song would, to my mind, have simply been explaining the blindingly obvious."

On being asked if this was a perfect Smiths song.
(Melody Maker, September 26, 1987)

Lyrics

Good times for a change
See, the luck I've had
Can make a good man
Turn bad

So please, please, please
Let me, let me, let me
Let me get what I want
This time

Haven't had a dream in a long time
See, the life I've had
Can make a good man bad

So for once in my life
Let me get what I want
Lord knows, it would be the first time
Lord knows, it would be the first time


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