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[[File:Strangewaysherewecome.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] {{Songbox | Name = Death At One's Elbow | Album = [[Strangeways,_Here_We_Come]] | Length = 2:01 | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]] | Producer = [[Producer::Stephen Street]]<br>Assisted by [[Producer::Morrissey]] / [[Producer::Johnny Marr]] | Recorded = Spring 1987 | Release = September 1987 | ArtistType = The Smiths }} [[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]] ==Information== The song's title appears to be derived from a quote by [[Joe Orton]]: <blockquote> "As the corpse is downstairs in the main living room it means going out or watching television with death at oneβs elbow."</blockquote> ("The Orton Diaries", December, 1966). == Lyrics == <poem> Ooh Glenn don't come to the house tonight Ooh, Glenn don't come to the house tonight because there's somebody here who really really loves you stay home be bored (it's crap, I KNOW) Ooh, Glenn don't come to the house tonight Ooh, Glenn don't come to the house tonight because there's somebody here who'll take a hatchet to your ear how the frustration renders me hateful, Glenn! don't come to the house tonight don't come to the house tonight because you'll slip on the trail of my bespattered remains and so, that's why GOODBYE MY LOVE, GOODBYE MY LOVE GOODBYE MY LOVE, GOODBYE MY LOVE GOODBYE MY LOVE, GOODBYE MY LOVE Belch </poem> {{CommonSongSections | Artist = The Smiths | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}}
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