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I Want the One I Can’t Have Lyrics by The Smiths

Complete

1985

[Verse 1]
On the day that your mentality
Decides to try to catch up with your biology
Come round
[Chorus]
'Cause I want the one I can't have
And it's driving me mad
It's all over, all over, all over my face
[Verse 1]
On the day that your mentality
Catches up with your biology
[Chorus]
I want the one I can't have
And it's driving me mad
It's all over, all over, all over my face
[Verse 2]
A double bed and a stalwart lover, for sure
These are the riches of the poor
A double bed and a stalwart lover, for sure
These are the riches of the poor
[Chorus]
And I want the one I can't have
And it's driving me mad
It's all over, all over my face
[Verse 3]
A tough kid who sometimes swallows nails
Raised on Prisoner's Aid
[Chorus]
He killed a policeman when he was thirteen
And somehow that really impressed me
And it's written all over my face
[Verse 4]
Oh, these are the riches of the poor
These are the riches of the poor
[Chorus]
I want the one I can't have
And it's driving me mad
It's written all over my face
[Verse 1]
On the day that your mentality
Catches up with your biology
[Outro]
And if you ever need self-validation
Just meet me in the alley by the Railway station
It's all over my face
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About “I Want the One I Can’t Have” by The Smiths

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