How soon is now?

Release date: 1985, February

UK Chart: 2

Cover Star: British actor Sean Barrett. The picture is a still from Dunkirk, a British movie directed by Leslie Norman in 1958. Barrett’s character is praying on the beach.

Etchings on the single’s matrix: A- THE TATTY TRUTH

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How soon is now? - The Smiths,1985, Feb

How Soon Is Now?

I am the son
and the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does

I am the son
And the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does

There’s a club, if you’d like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go, and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home
And you cry
And you want to die

When you say it’s gonna happen now,
When exactly do you mean?
See I’ve already waited too long
And all my hope is gone