"Girlfriend In A Coma"
(Morrissey/Marr)

 

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

Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know - it's serious
Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know - it's really serious
there were times when I could
have 'murdered' her
(but, you know, I would hate 1
anything to happen to her)
NO, I DON'T WANT TO SEE HER 2
Do you really think
she'll pull through?
Do you really think
she'll pull through? 3
Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know, it's serious 4
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye baby goodbye 5
there were times when I could
have 'strangled' her 6
(but, you know, I would hate 1
anything to happen to her)
WOULD YOU PLEASE 7
LET ME SEE HER!
Do you really think
she'll pull through?
Do you really think
she'll pull through? 8
Let me whisper my last goodbyes 9

I know - IT'S SERIOUS

 

1 In early demos of the song Morrissey does not sing the 'you know' in this line. However, this doesn't apply to the early version which has leaked on bootlegs.

2 In early demos of the song Morrissey sings "So with tears in my eyes I ask you". However, this doesn't apply to the early version which has leaked on bootlegs.

3 In early demos of the song, instead of wailing after this line, Morrissey sings "do you... no I don't want to see her". In the early version which has leaked on bootlegs, he just sings "do you..."

4 In early demos of this song Morrissey sings "I know, it's really serious". However, this doesn't apply to the early version which has leaked on bootlegs.

5 In the early version of the song which has leaked on bootlegs, Morrissey sings "Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye baby bye-bye".

6 In early outtakes and demos of this song Morrissey sings "have cheerfully strangled her".

7 In early demos of the song Morrissey sings "So I ask you for the last time". However, this doesn't apply to the early version which has leaked on bootlegs.

8 In early demos of the song, instead of wailing after this line, Morrissey sings "do you... oh please let me see her". In the early version which has leaked on bootlegs, he just sings "do you..."

9 In early demos of the song Morrissey drops the 'last' from that line. However, this doesn't apply to the early version which has leaked on bootlegs. On the Tour Of The Tormentors MMVI he sang "Let me whisper my last goodbye". On the very first few dates of that tour, he actually sang "Let me whisper my final goodbye". When the song was resurrected on the 2009 Tour Of Refusal he sang "Let me whisper my last goodbye".