These words are transcribed without permission the way they appear in the Deluxe Edition of Morrissey's "You Are The Quarry" album (the lyrics in the original edition are incorrect). Additions to the printed lyrics are in darker text while omissions are striken out.

I was a good kid
I wouldn't do you no harm
I was a nice kid
with a nice paper-round
Forgive me any pain
I may have brung to you
With God's help I know
I'll always be near to you
but Jesus hurt me
When He deserted me / but
I have forgiven Jesus
for all the desire
He placed in me when there's nothing I can do
with this desire

I was good kid
through hail and snow I'd go
just to moon you
I carried my heart in my hand
do you understand?
do you understand?
but Jesus hurt me
when He deserted me but
I have forgiven Jesus
for all of the love
He placed in me
when there's no one I can turn to with this love
Monday-humiliation
Tuesday-suffocation
Wednesday-condescension ¹
Thursday-is pathetic
by Friday-life has killed me
by Friday-life has killed me

oh pretty one
oh pretty one

Why did you give me
so much desire?
when there is nowhere I can go
to offload this desire ²
Why did you give me
so much love
in a loveless world
when there is no one I can turn to
to unlock all this love ³
And Why did you stick me in
self-deprecating bones and skin
Jesus - do you hate me?
Why did you stick me in
self-deprecating bones and skin
do you hate me? do you hate me?
do you hate me? do you hate me?
do you hate me?

 

² In certain live performances of this song early on the 2004 You Are The Quarry tour Morrissey sang "to unlock this desire".

³ In certain live performances of this song early on the 2004 You Are The Quarry tour Morrissey sang "to offload all this love".