"Work Is A Four-Letter Word"
(Woolfenden/Black)
These words are transcribed without permission the way they appear in the "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" cd-single. Additions to the printed lyrics are in darker text while omissions are striken out.
Loving you is driving me crazy
People say that you were born lazy
'Cause you say that work is a four-letter word
So change your life
There is so much I know that you can do
Come and see me wide awake
And take on this world all of this love that is waiting for you
If you stay I'll stay right beside you
And my love may help to remind you
To forget that work is a four letter word
I don't need a house that's a show place
I just feel that we're going no place
While you say that work is a four-letter word
So change your life
There is so much I know that you can do
Come and see me wide awake
And take on this world all of this love that is waiting for you
If you stay I'll stay right beside you
And my love might help to remind you
To forget that work is a four letter word
I don't need a house that's a show place
I just feel that we're going no place
While you say that work is a four letter word
So change your life
There is so much I know that you can do
Please come and see me wide awake
And take on this world all of this love that is waiting for you
These lyrics are transcribed here as they were originally sung by Cilla Black. Parts that Morrissey sang differently are marked in darker text. The whole first paragraph was dropped by Morrissey, and he sang the "So change your life" verse an extra time at the very end.
There are girls that some men will slave for
To provide the things that they pay for
Why do you think work is a four-letter word?
Loving you is driving me crazy
People say that you were born lazy
'Cause you think that work is a four-letter word
Don't waste your life
There is so much I know you can do
Let me see you wide awake
And take on the world that is waiting for you
If you cry I'll be right behind you
And my love will help to remind you
To forget that work is a four letter word
I don't want a house that's a show place
I just feel that we're getting no place
While you say that work is a four-letter word
Don't waste your life
There is so much I know you can do
Let me see you wide awake
And take on the world that is waiting for you
If you cry I'll be right behind you
And my love will help to remind you
To forget that work is a four letter word
I don't want a house that's a show place
I just feel that we're getting no place
While you say that work is a four-letter word
Four-letter word!