These words are transcribed without permission the way they appear in the "Swords" album. Additions to the printed lyrics are in darker text while omissions are striken out.

I'm not running away
I'm running to
corruption of the spirit isn't in it for a
good looking man about town
are you afraid of someone alive?
are you feeling heartbroken
because you'll never be mistaken for a
good looking man about town?
You've got your degree
and then you flew to Mars
but you still feel wretched because you've
never be naked with a good looking man about town
Are you afraid of someone alive?
are you scared to death
of even looking at the flesh
of a good looking man about town?
hear the gang say "marry me, marry me" ¹
hear the gang say "marry me, marry me"
hear the gang say "marry me, marry me"

On the midnight streets
no moon and no stars
and there's no one around
to calm me down
and to soften the stings to my heart
On the midnight streets
no moon and no stars
and no one around
to calm me down
and to soften the stings to my heart
the dream is sand in my hands
the dream becomes sand in my hands ²

 

² In the few live performances of this song on the Greatest Hits tour Morrissey sometimes sang "the dream is just sand in my hands".