These words are transcribed without permission the way they appear in Morrissey's "Ringleader Of The Tormentors" album. Additions to the printed lyrics are in darker text while omissions are striken out.

Step-child, you have out-lived your time
you represent embarrassment and failure
And the father who must be killed
is the blight upon your blighted life
and his might is his legal right
to ground you down

Step-child, with every petty swipe
you just might find you're fighting for your life
And the father who must be killed
is a step-father, but nonetheless
the way he chews his food
rips right through your senses

Step-child, there's a knife in a drawer
in a room downstairs
and you, you know what you must do

So the step-child ran with the knife to his
sleeping frame and slams it in his arms his
legs his face his neck, and says:
"there's a law against me now."

And the father who must be killed
with his dying breath he grabs her hand
and he looks into her eyes
he says "I'm sorry," and he dies

Step-child, I release you
with this broken voice I beseech you
why are lives so short?
the stepchild thought
heart pointing to the sky
"no warm to warm me
 no hand to touch me
 and no bible-belters to mess with me
 Momma, don't miss me
 Momma, don't miss me
this death will complete me
but where I go there'll be no one to meet me
I know there'll be no one to meet me,"
but still, the step-child pressed
the knife to her throat
heart pointing to the sky
    "just as Motherless birds fly high
    then... so shall I
    so shall I
    so shall I
    so shall I
    so shall I..."