you've got everything now ^*

• sözlerini de yazmak gerekirse:
  
  as merry as the days were long
  i was right and you were wrong
  
  back at the old grey school
  i would win and you would lose
  
  but you've got everything now
  you've got everything now
  and what a terrible mess i've made of my life
  oh, what a mess i've made of my life
  
  no, i've never had a job
  because i've never wanted one
  
  i've seen you smile
  but i've never really heard you laugh
  
  so who is rich and who is poor ?
  i cannot say ... oh
  
  you are your mother's only son
  and you're a desperate one
  oh ...
  
  but i don't want a lover
  i just want to be seen ... oh ... in the back of your car
  
  a friendship sadly lost ?
  well this is true ... and yet, it's false
  oh ...
  
  but did i ever tell you, by the way ?
  i never did like your face
  
  but you've got everything now
  you've got everything now
  and what a terrible mess i've made of my life
  oh, what a mess i've made of my life
  
  no, i've never had a job
  because i'm too shy
  
  i've seen you smile
  but i've never really heard you laugh
  
  so who is rich and who is poor ?
  i cannot say ... oh
  
  oh ...
  you are your mother's only son
  and you're a desperate one
  oh ...
  
  but i don't want a lover
  i just want to be tied ... oh ... to the back of your car
  to the back of your car
  to the back of your car
  to the back of your car
  to the back of your car
  to the back of your car
  oh ...
• the smithsin kendi adlarını taşıyan albumunde yer alan bu şarkı bir rivayete göre morrissey beyin, (ilk bakışda tersi gibi görünse de) eski okul arkadaşlarına bir göndermesi bir naziresidir. söz konusu arkadaşlar zamanında pek bir başarılı kabul edilirken, bu gün mozz bey hit şarkılar çıkaran ünlü bir insandır paraya para dememektedir ve söz konusu arkadaşlar "terrible mess they've made of their lives" içinde sürünmektedirler.
  konuyla ilgili ayrıca (bkz: we hate it when our friends become successful)
• dost mu düşman mı tam olarak bilinmeyenin mutlu haberleri kulağa çalındıkça akla düşen; istemsizce mırıldanılan dokunaklı sözlere sahip 20yıllık^* bir the smiths kaydı.
• geçmişteki insanlara yollanan bir mesaj niteliğinde sanki. paylaşılanların, birbirinin suratına gülmelerin, farklı şekilde düşünülenlerin yorumlanması belki de. geçmişte bir türlü söyleyemeyip içine attıklarını dışarı vurmak, gerçekten aklından geçenleri ifade etmek, biraz kıskançlık, biraz sindirememe. ama her zamanki gibi yine the smiths...
• (ara: tek eksi*)
• the strokes tarafından coverlanması gereken şarkıdır. julian casablancas'ın sesi bu şarkıya çok iyi gider.
• ekşi ekşi itiraflar içeren the smiths güzelliği; morrissey'in kendini ifade etmedeki muazzam başarısı.
  
  i would win and you would lose
  but you've got everything now
  ..
  and what a terrible mess
  i've made of my life
  ..
  no, i've never had a job
  because i've never wanted one
  ..
  so who is rich and who is poor
  i cannot say
  ..
  a friendship sadly lost
  well, this is true and yet it's false
  ..
  but did i ever tell you, by the way
  i never did like your face
  ..
  no, i've never had a job
  because i'm too shy
  ..
  you've got everything now