READER MEET AUTHOR
(Morrissey/Boorer)

You don't know a thing about their lives 
they live where you wouldn't dare to drive
you shake as you think of how they sleep 
but you write as if you all lie side by side 

Reader meet Author 
with the hope of hearing sense 
but you may be feeling let-down 
by the words of defence 
he says "no one ever sees me when I cry"

You don't know a thing about their lives 
books don't save them, books aren't Stanley knives 
and if a fight broke out here tonight 
you'd be the first away because you're that type 

and the year 2000 
won't change anyone here 
as each fabled promise flies so fast 
you'll swear it was never there 
oh, have you ever escaped from a shipwrecked life? 

So safely with your software, 
oh miles from the front line 
you hear the way the sad voice sings, 
and you start to imagine things 
oh any excuse to write more lies.