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The Smiths – This Charming Man Lyrics

Track 9 on You Can Play These Songs with Chords
8. Line of Best Fit 10. TV Trays
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Punctured bicycle
On a hillside desolate
Will Nature make a man of me yet?


When in this charming car
This charming man

Why pamper life's complexities
When the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?


[Hook]
I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear

This man said "It's gruesome
That someone so handsome should care"


A jumped-up pantry boy
Who never knew his place

He said "return the rings"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things


[Hook]
I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "It's gruesome
That someone so handsome should care"

This charming man
This charming man

A jumped-up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
Track 9 on You Can Play These Songs with Chords
8. Line of Best Fit 10. TV Trays
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About This Charming Man

The Smiths' second single of 1983, “This Charming Man,” tells the story of a man who is picked up by a motorist after his bike tire pops. The ambiguity of the characters' sexuality leaves the song very open to debate and speculation about the true meaning.

This song was covered by Death Cab For Cutie on the 2002 re-release of their 1997 album You Can Play These Songs with Chords.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC5EaOcgx90

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