This song, a cover from a song by the band James, was only played live and never recorded by the Smiths. The lyrics are transcribed here, without permission, as they were sung on 25 September 1985 in Glasgow and released on the "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" cassette-single.

What would you sell
With glasses and suit
Heart and soul
Won't wear out
That's not enough
I wonder what's inside
Fish fillet knife
Can cut right through my eye

I'm looking for some words
To call my own ¹
Worn out phrases and a hand me down
They'll mock me under where I stand
Sod on its back in a corned beef can ²

Going under
You can feel them pulling me down
To the rust inside

This is the way
Franken-star is born
With bits and pieces
Others have worn
All held together by a management glue
Too much glue
Watch the stars turn blue
Turn blue turn blue turn blue turn blue

I'm going under
You can feel them pulling me down
To the holes of rust ³

 

What will you sell
With the glasses and suit
Heart and soul
It won't wear out
That's not enough
I want what's inside
Fish fillet knife can cut right through my eye

I'm looking for some words to call my own
Not worn out phrases and hand me down
They'll mock me and where I stand
Bug on its back in a corned beef can

Going under
You can feel them stripping me down
To the rust inside

This is the way
That the star is born
From bits and pieces others have worn
All held together by a management glue
Too much glue and the stars turn blue
Turn blue turn blue turn blue turn blue

Going under
You can feel them pulling me down
To the holes inside

² "Sod" is actually guessed here. On other nights when this song was performed, Morrissey clearly sang "Bug" like James did.

³ This line is actually undecipherable, but clearly not the same as what James sang. Only once, in Aberdeen a few days later, did Morrissey really clearly sing "To the holes inside" like James did.