Just admit it, you love The Smiths. And, since you love The Smiths, you love “This Charming Man”. You love it so much that you know the words. So, readers, feel free to sing along to this blast from the poppy past.
In the off chance you don’t know the words, we’ve posted them after the jump. Now you have no excuse…
A punctured bicycle
On a hillside desolate
Can nature make a man of me yet ?And in this charming car
This charming manWhy ponder life’s complexities
When the leather runs smooth
On the passenger seat ?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 ring”
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these thingsI 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”
Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, this charming man …
Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, 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 thingsNew York version adds :
I would go out tonight
But I haven’t got a stitch to wearI would go out tonight
But I haven’t got a stitch to wear
Oh, la-la, la-la, la-la, this charming man …
Oh, la-la, la-la, la-la, 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
ChristopherM
Best. Band. Ever.