"Ouija Board, Ouija Board"
(Morrissey/Stephen Street)

 

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

Ouija board
would you work for me? 1
I have got to say Hello
to an old friend
Ouija board, ouija board, ouija board 2
would you work for me? 1
I have got to get through
to a good friend
Well, She has now gone
from this Unhappy Planet
with all the carnivores
and the destructors on it
ouija board, ouija board, ouija board 2
would you help me 3
because I still do feel
so horribly lonely
would you, ouija board
would you, ouija board
would you help me 3
because and I just can't find
my place in this world
Well, she has now gone
from this Unhappy Planet
with all the carnivores
and the destructors on it
Oh hear my voice ("hear my voice")
oh hear my voice ("hear my voice")
hear my voice ("hear my voice") 4
hear my voice ("hear my voice")

The table is rumbling...
the table is rumbling 5
the glass is moving
"No, I was NOT pushing that time"
it spells S.T.E.V.E.N.
the table is rumbling
the glass is moving
"no, I was NOT pushing that time":
P.U.S.H.O. double F.
Well, she has now gone
from this Unhappy Planet
with all the carnivores
and the destructors on it

 

1 When Morrissey did this song live on the 2000 half of the Oye Esteban tour he often changed one or the other of these lines to "would you help me".

2 When Morrissey did this song live on the 2000 half of the Oye Esteban tour he never repeated "ouija board, ouija board, ouija board" three times the way he does on the studio version. He only sang "ouija board" once at a time.

3 On the Oye Esteban tour Morrissey changed these lines to "would you spin for me".

4 On the Oye Esteban tour Morrissey sometimes extended this line to "please hear my voice".

5 When Morrissey did this song live on the 2000 half of the Oye Esteban tour the band always played the instrumental portion that follows this line, but Morrissey never did the vocals. He only hummed or sang "the glass is moving" and "the dark spell is weaving" and didn't spell out his name.