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作词 : Morrissey/Johnny Marr 00:00
作曲 : Morrissey/Johnny Marr 00:01
A dreaded sunny day 00:10
So I meet you at the cemetry gates 00:11
Keats and Yeats are on your side 00:14
A dreaded sunny day 00:19
So I meet you at the cemetry gates 00:20
Keats and Yeats are on your side 00:23
While Wilde is on mine 00:27
So we go inside and we gravely read the stones 00:33
All those people, all those lives 00:36
Where are they now? 00:38
With loves and hates 00:41
And passions just like mine 00:43
They were born 00:45
And then they lived 00:46
And then they died 00:47
Which seems so unfair 00:49
I want to cry 00:51
You say: "'Ere thrice the sun done salutation to the dawn" 00:54
And you claim these words as your own 00:59
But I've read well and I've heard them said 01:03
A hundred times, maybe less, maybe more 01:08
If you must write prose/poems 01:13
The words you use should be your own 01:15
Don't plagiarise or take "on loan" 01:17
'Cause there's always someone, somewhere 01:21
With a big nose, who knows 01:24
And who trips you up and laughs 01:26
When you fall 01:28
Who'll trip you up and laugh 01:30
When you fall 01:32
You say: "'Ere long done do does did" 01:34
Words which could only be your own 01:40
And then produce the text 01:44
From whence was ripped 01:46
Some dizzy whore, 1804 01:48
A dreaded sunny day 01:53
So let's go where we're happy 01:54
And I meet you at the cemetry gates 01:56
Oh, Keats and Yeats are on your side 01:57
A dreaded sunny day 02:02
So let's go where we're wanted 02:03
And I meet you at the cemetry gates 02:05
Keats and Yeats are on your side 02:07
But you lose 02:10
'Cause weird lover Wilde is on mine (Sure!) 02:12

Cemetry Gates – English Lyrics

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The Smiths
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The Queen Is Dead
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Lyrics & Translation

[English]
作词 : Morrissey/Johnny Marr
作曲 : Morrissey/Johnny Marr
A dreaded sunny day
So I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
A dreaded sunny day
So I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
While Wilde is on mine
So we go inside and we gravely read the stones
All those people, all those lives
Where are they now?
With loves and hates
And passions just like mine
They were born
And then they lived
And then they died
Which seems so unfair
I want to cry
You say: "'Ere thrice the sun done salutation to the dawn"
And you claim these words as your own
But I've read well and I've heard them said
A hundred times, maybe less, maybe more
If you must write prose/poems
The words you use should be your own
Don't plagiarise or take "on loan"
'Cause there's always someone, somewhere
With a big nose, who knows
And who trips you up and laughs
When you fall
Who'll trip you up and laugh
When you fall
You say: "'Ere long done do does did"
Words which could only be your own
And then produce the text
From whence was ripped
Some dizzy whore, 1804
A dreaded sunny day
So let's go where we're happy
And I meet you at the cemetry gates
Oh, Keats and Yeats are on your side
A dreaded sunny day
So let's go where we're wanted
And I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
But you lose
'Cause weird lover Wilde is on mine (Sure!)

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