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{{Songbox
| Name
| Name = What Kind Of People Live In These Houses?
| {{{Name |<span class="unknown">What Kind Of People Live In These Houses?</span>}}}
| Album = [[I Am Not A Dog On A Chain]]  
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| Length = 3:41
| Album/Single
| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Jesse Tobias]]
| {{{Album |<span class="unknown">[[I Am Not A Dog On A Chain]]</span>}}}{{
| Producer = [[Producer::Joe Chiccarelli]]
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| Recorded = 2019
| <span class="small">&#32;({{{Track}}})</span>
| Release = March 2020
| ArtistType = Morrissey
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==Information==
| Length
| {{{Length |<span class="unknown">3:41</span>}}}
|-
| Recorded
| {{{Recorded |<span class="unknown">2019</span>}}}
|-
| Writer
| {{{Writer |<span class="unknown">Morrissey/Tobias</span>}}}
|-
| Producer
| {{{Producer |<span class="unknown">[[Joe Chiccarelli]]</span>}}}
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[[Category:Morrissey Lyrics]]
 
== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
 
<poem>
{{lyrics |
What kind of people live in these houses?
What kind of people live in these houses?
What kind of sad dad
what kind of sad dad
Scratches in this crash-pad?
scratches in this crash-pad?
T-shirts or blouses?
t-shirts or blouses?
Torn jeans or trousers?
torn jeans or trousers?
What kind of people live in these houses?
What kind of people live in these houses?
T-shirts or blouses?
t-shirts or blouses?
Torn jeans or proper trousers?
torn jeans or proper trousers?
They vote the way they vote
They vote the way they vote - they don't know how to change
They don't know how to change
because their parents did the same
Because their parents did the same
 
And where will they be
And where will they be
Ten years from today?
ten years from today?
Bed-sitter, bed-wetter?
bed-sitter, bed-wetter?
Or penthouse go-getter?
or penthouse go-getter?
What carpet-chewer
what carpet-chewer
Lights up this sewer?
lights up this sewer?
And which rough trade strangers
and which rough trade strangers
Flail around these chambers?
flail around these chambers?
And what dented gent
and what dented gent
Bends over in this tent?
bends over in this tent?
 
They sleep with who they sleep with only because
They sleep with who they sleep with
they are afraid to taste change
Only because they are afraid to taste change
and where will they be
 
ten years from today?
And where will they be
dogface in a duplex?
Ten years from today?
boisterous in cloisters?
Dogface in a duplex?
what kind of people
Boisterous in cloisters?
do we admonish
Grabbing in a cabin
for shining their shoes
Or squatting on your quarters, oh
with furniturer polish?
Sat home and folksy
Smelling in their dwelling
They look at television thinking it's their window to the world
They look at television thinking it's their window to the world
They look at television thinking it's their window to the world
they look at television thinking it's their window to the world
That's got to hurt
that's got to hurt!
Who cares what people live in these houses?
who cares what people live in these houses?
}}
</poem>


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Latest revision as of 20:20, 7 February 2023

I am not a dog on a chain.jpg
MORRISSEY song
Name What Kind Of People Live In These Houses?
Album/single I Am Not A Dog On A Chain
Length 3:41
Writer/composer Morrissey / Jesse Tobias
Producer Joe Chiccarelli
Release March 2020
Recorded 2019

Information

Lyrics

What kind of people live in these houses?
what kind of sad dad
scratches in this crash-pad?
t-shirts or blouses?
torn jeans or trousers?
What kind of people live in these houses?
t-shirts or blouses?
torn jeans or proper trousers?
They vote the way they vote - they don't know how to change
because their parents did the same
And where will they be
ten years from today?
bed-sitter, bed-wetter?
or penthouse go-getter?
what carpet-chewer
lights up this sewer?
and which rough trade strangers
flail around these chambers?
and what dented gent
bends over in this tent?
They sleep with who they sleep with only because
they are afraid to taste change
and where will they be
ten years from today?
dogface in a duplex?
boisterous in cloisters?
what kind of people
do we admonish
for shining their shoes
with furniturer polish?
They look at television thinking it's their window to the world
they look at television thinking it's their window to the world
that's got to hurt!
who cares what people live in these houses?

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