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| Album = [[Vauxhall And I]]  
| Album = [[Vauxhall And I]]  
| Length = 3:47
| Length = 3:47
| Writer = Morrissey/Boorer
| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Boz Boorer]]
| Producer = [[Steve Lillywhite]]  
| Producer = [[Producer::Steve Lillywhite]]  
| Recorded = Summer 1993
| Recorded = Summer 1993
| Release =  
| Release = March 1994
| ArtistType = Morrissey
| ArtistType = Morrissey
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* An outtake version of this song is available on the [[Reader Meet Author (LP bootleg)|Reader Meet Author]] bootleg LP.
* An outtake version of this song is available on the [[Reader Meet Author (LP bootleg)|Reader Meet Author]] bootleg LP.
Excerpt from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring-Heeled_Jim Wikipedia entry]:
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The song features several samples from [[Mention::We Are The Lambeth Boys|We Are the Lambeth Boys]], a 1959 British documentary by Karel Reisz about the daily activities of members of the Alford House Youth Club, Kennington in late 1950s London. The dialogue excerpted is from two conversations, one about a fight between two groups of young men and another about the abolition of the death penalty.
</blockquote>


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==


{{lyrics
<poem>
|Spring-heeled Jim winks an eye
Spring-heeled Jim winks an eye
He'll "do", he'll never be "done to"
He'll "do", he'll never be "done to"
He takes on whoever flew through
He takes on whoever flew through
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Old, too old
Old, too old
Old...
Old...
}}
</poem>






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Latest revision as of 22:11, 18 February 2023

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MORRISSEY song
Name Spring-Heeled Jim
Album/single Vauxhall And I
Length 3:47
Writer/composer Morrissey / Boz Boorer
Producer Steve Lillywhite
Release March 1994
Recorded Summer 1993


Information

Excerpt from the Wikipedia entry:

The song features several samples from We Are the Lambeth Boys, a 1959 British documentary by Karel Reisz about the daily activities of members of the Alford House Youth Club, Kennington in late 1950s London. The dialogue excerpted is from two conversations, one about a fight between two groups of young men and another about the abolition of the death penalty.

Lyrics

Spring-heeled Jim winks an eye
He'll "do", he'll never be "done to"
He takes on whoever flew through
 "Well, it's the normal thing to do"

Spring-heeled Jim lives to love
Now kissing with his mouth full
And his eyes on some other fool
Ao many women his head should be spinning

Ah, but no!
Ah, but no!
Ah, no!
Ah, no!

Spring-heeled Jim slurs the words:
 "There's no need to be so knowing
  Take life at five times your average speed, like I do"

Until Jim feels the chill
 "Oh, where did all the time go?"
Once always in for the kill
Now it's too cold and he feels too
Old, too old
Old...


Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 68

Morrissey live history:

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