"Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want"
(Morrissey/Marr)

 

These lyrics are transcribed in light blue as they appear in the "Hatful Of Hollow" album and are reproduced here without permission. Variations between the printed lyrics and what is sung by Morrissey are indicated in darker text for additions and omissions are deleted.

Good times for a change
See, the luck I've had
would can make a good man
turn bad

So please please please
let me, let me, let me
let me get what I want 1
this time

Haven't had a dream in a long time
See, the life I've had
would can make a good man bad

So for once in my life
let me get what I want 1
Lord knows it would be the first time
Lord knows it would be the first time

 

Note: Because this song is basically under 2 minutes long, when it was performed live in 1984, 1985, 2006 and 2007 Morrissey repeated the last seven lines above to extend the song. He didn't do this on the harder electric version from 2002.

1 In all solo live performances of this song Morrissey sang "let me have who I want".