"That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore"
(Morrissey/Marr)

These lyrics are transcribed in light blue as they appear in the "Meat Is Murder" album and subsequent compilations 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.

Park the car at the side of the road
you should know
time's tide will smother you
and I will too
when you laugh about people who feel so
very lonely
their only desire is to die
well I'm afraid
it doesn't make me smile
I wish I could laugh
but that joke isn't funny anymore
it's too close to home
and it's too near the bone
it's too close to home
and it's too near the bone
more than you'll ever know

kick them when they fall down
kick them when they fall down
Why must you
kick them when they fall down
kick them when they fall down
Why must you
kick them when they fall down
kick them when they fall down
Why must you
kick them when they fall down
kick them when they fall down

It was dark as I drove the point home
and on cold leather seats
well, it suddenly struck me
I just might die with a smile on my
face after all

I've seen this happen in other people's lives
and now it's happening in mine
(repeat last two lines to fade)