"That's Entertainment"
(Paul Weller)
The only albums featuring this song are "Suedehead - The Best Of Morrissey" and The HMV/Parlophone Singles '88-'95 and neither include lyrics. The words are transcribed here without permission, as they are heard.
Police car with a screaming siren
Pneumatic drill on a ripped up concrete
Baby wails, a stray dog howling
Brakes screech at a lamp light blinking
That's Entertainment
That's Entertainment
Smash of glass and a rumble of boots
Electric train and a ripped up phone booth
A hot day and a sticky black tarmac
A hot day and I'm wishing I was far away
That's Entertainment
That's Entertainment
Days of speed and slow time Mondays
Wake up 6 AM and think about your holidays
Open window and breathe in petrol
Cold flat with a dump on the walls
Yes, That's Entertainment
That's Entertainment
Two lovers kissing over screams of midnight
Two lovers miss the tranquility of solitude
Read grafitti of slashed seat affairs
Splattered walls and a kick in the balls
Is all that you get, in the name of entertainment
Here are the lyrics for the original version by the Jam. We can see that Morrissey dropped many lines and changed others.
A police car and a screaming siren -
A pneumatic drill and ripped up concrete -
A baby wailing and stray dog howling -
The screech of brakes and lamp light blinking -
That's Entertainment.
A smash of glass and a rumble of boots -
An electric train and a ripped up 'phone booth -
Paint splattered walls and the cry of a tomcat -
Lights going out and a kick in the balls -
That's Entertainment.
Days of speed and slow time Mondays -
Pissing down with rain on a boring Wednesday -
Watching the news and not eating your tea -
A freezing cold flat and damp on the walls -
That's Entertainment.
Waking up at 6 a.m. on a cool warm morning -
Opening the windows and breathing in petrol -
An amateur band rehearsing in a nearby yard -
Watching the tele and thinking about your holidays -
That's Entertainment.
Waking up from bad dreams and smoking cigarettes -
Cuddling a warm girl and smelling stale perfume -
A hot summer's day and sticky black tarmac -
Fedding ducks in the park and wishing you were far away -
That's Entertainment.
Two lovers kissing amongst the scream of midnight -
Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude -
Getting a cab and travelling on buses -
Reading the graffiti about slashed seat affairs -
That's Entertainment.