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Artist: Morrissey
Canonical path: /morrissey/used-to-be-a-sweet-boy
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Used To Be a Sweet Boy
Read Used To Be a Sweet Boy lyrics by Morrissey on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Used To Be a Sweet Boy
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Used to be a sweet boy
Holding so tightly
To Daddy's hand
But that was all
In some distant land
Blazer and tie
And a big bright healthy smile
Used to make all
Of our trials worthwhile
Used to be a sweet boy
And I'm not to blame
But something went wrong
Something went wrong
And I know
I'm not to blame
Something went wrong
Can't be to blame
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