"The Youngest Was The Most Loved"
(Morrissey/Jesse Tobias)

 

These words are transcribed without permission the way they appear in the "Ringleader Of The Tormentors" album. There are no variations between the printed lyrics and what Morrissey actually sings in the studio version.

The youngest was the most loved
the youngest was the shielded
we kept him from the world's glare
and he turned into a killer

Retrousse nose
turned up and mischievous
forget-me-not eyes
that cried if we ever left his side

"there is no such
 thing in life as normal
 there is no such
 thing in life as normal."

The youngest was the most loved
the youngest was the cherub
a small boy from a poor house
who turned into a killer

A blush, it rose
if he had to say hello
a lop-sided grin
strained to keep the shyness in

"there is no such
 thing in life as normal
 there is no such
 thing in life as normal."

The youngest was the most loved
the youngest was the cherub
the luck was all before him
with a lovely wife beside him 1
the youngest was the most loved
the youngest was the cherub
we kept him from the world's glare 2
and he turned into a killer

"there is no such
 thing in life as normal
 there is no such
 thing in life as normal."

 

1 On the first leg of the 2007 Greatest Hits tour Morrissey sometimes changed this line to variations such as "with a strange wife beside him", "with a very strange wife beside him", "with a lovely strange wife beside him" or "with a funny wife beside him".

2 In live performances of this song at the end of 2006 and in 2007 Morrissey often sang "We kept him from the world's glare he turned into a killer thank God!" or "We kept him from the world's glare thank God! he turned into a killer".