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From: mjf@gandalf.baylor.edu
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 95 00:20 CST
Morrissey "Everyday is Like Sunday"
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These are general chords for the song --
as we hear it... especially for Jason.
- Robert Alvarez and Michael Fiddes : July 1995
Please send comments to mjf@gandalf.baylor.edu
[Verse 1]:
C F
Trudging slowly over wet sand
C F
Back to the bench where your clothes were stolen
G
This is the coastal town
C F
That they forgot to close down
G
Armageddon - come Armageddon come Armageddon come
[Chorus]:
C G F
Every day is like Sunday
C G F
Every day is silent and grey
[Verse 2]:
C F
Hide on the promenade, etch on a postcard
C F
How I dearly wish I was not here
G
In this seaside town
C F G
That they forgot to bomb Come bomb, Nuclear bomb
[REPEAT CHORUS]
C F
Trudging back over pebbles and sand
C G
and a strange dust lands on your hands
F G F G
and on your face, on your face... on your face, on your face
[Chorus]:
C G F
Every day is like Sunday
C G F
Win yourself a cheap trey
C G F
Share some grease tea with me
C G F
Every day is silent and grey
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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«™†Rob†™» Average |
#1 by «™†Rob†™» at Aug 8, 1970 at 2:15 PM EST |
| ohhhhhh | |
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jessie Wanna Be |
#2 by jessie sinanan at Dec 22, 1971 at 6:37 PM EST |
| I think this is about Morrissey relating his boring, sad and depressing existence (and in life in general) through relating it to a wet, seaside town on a Sunday. Bearing in mind it was the late 80s when there wasn't much open or to do on a Sunday anywhere let alone a seaside town out of season in Britain. I think he just describes a powerful scene of a lonely seaside town as an example which we relate to. This is typical of him in many of his and the Smiths songs to describe things we can relate to as a means to portray a point. | |
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I BAKE YOU MUFF Average |
#3 by I BAKE YOU MUFFIN at Nov 3, 1972 at 12:10 PM EST |
| I imagine being stuck in a tourist beach town in the off-season when nobody is there (like a bomb dropped) and the stores are closed (like on a Sunday) and it's cloudy and wet and there's nothing to do. Like when you go to a boardwalk in winter. | |
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tim Lead Player |
#4 by tim sears at Apr 13, 1973 at 9:08 AM EST |
| i have a friend who is a selfish arrogant c***, for lack of a better description, however he makes me laugh so much and takes as good as he gets, this song makes me think of my relationship with him. | |
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Ryan Wanna Be |
#5 by Ryan Carter at May 28, 1977 at 1:11 AM EST |
| i tought it was about him not wanting to go to church? | |
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Justin Rhythm Player |
#6 by Justin Lepera at Aug 15, 1979 at 12:54 AM EST |
| It's about Southend! | |
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` niki * Average |
#7 by ` niki * at Aug 16, 1979 at 2:04 AM EST |
| I agree with shroom. It is the perfect like song. "No one I ever knew or have spoken to resembles you This is good and bad all depending on my general view" I thought it was mood? Anyways, that line is one of my favorite by Morrissey. I think it's something everyone can relate to when liking someone. | |
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Kyle Wanna Be |
#8 by Kyle Kom at Oct 14, 1979 at 8:09 PM EST |
| Love this song! Morrissey at his best -- what a voice! For some reason I find Sunday's very depressing this song describes my feelings. Understand the desolation of a Sunday in Reading UK from when I lived there 10 years ago. Saturday was bustling and Sunday it was like a ghost town. | |
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randy Professional |
#9 by randy taylor at May 6, 1980 at 2:07 PM EST |
| This is one of my favourite songs ever, I think we can all relate to having been there either physically or emotionally. | |
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Tyler Average |
#10 by Tyler Hutchison at Jan 20, 1982 at 8:21 AM EST |
| because the songs were written a long time before the new album came out. He was still performing live without having a record deal... | |
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adg Average |
#11 by adg ??? at May 21, 1982 at 8:56 AM EST |
| it has such a literal meaning, u just have to take it mataphorically :P somehting about thsi song makes me listen to it over and over agian | |
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Guitar FrE@k Average |
#12 by Guitar FrE@k Freak at Apr 5, 1983 at 6:44 PM EST |
| ^^^I dont think its necessarily where "he" lives, but just individuals that perhaps get stuck in these "seaside towns" where rarely anything interesting happens. This can lead to depression where "everyday is like sunday/everyday is silent and grey"..and of course the "come armageddon" lyrics speaks for itself. | |
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Neal Average |
#13 by Neal Breen at May 25, 1983 at 12:59 AM EST |
| He must be talking of how boring where he lives is. Sunday is bloody boring as well. This song makes sense | |
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Kyle Average |
#14 by Kyle Landers at Jan 22, 1984 at 6:15 AM EST |
| I agree with Thierry, it's about how life in general is 'silent and gray' and full of disappointments that you're going to meet no matter where you go to escape it. Buuuut. Colin Meloy's cover IS beautiful. | |
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Mike Wanna Be |
#15 by Mike Jeffries at Jan 20, 1985 at 6:56 PM EST |
| Its about holidaying in a seaside town out of season and how sleepy and boring it is | |
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cody Average |
#16 by cody champion at Dec 9, 1985 at 2:45 AM EST |
| I think this song is about expressing boredom and suppression. The boring holiday in a sea side town seems to be a spiritual place to reflect the boredom where everyday is like sunday; all the shops are closed and there's nothing to do. The first verse implies that he feels naked and alone and he wishes that the sea side town (his boredom) could just be destroyed and made rid of. This is one of the best songs I've ever heard to express unhappiness and boredom, which also cleverly makes fun of typical holidays, for instance "etch a postcard, how i dealy wish i was not here", replacing the typical "wish you were here" with a message more honest, almost like a cry for help. | |
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Dudey Average |
#17 by Dudey at Jul 17, 1986 at 8:29 AM EST |
| fantastic 'like' song. I do not think it is a love song. But it is fantastic. I love it at high volumes. His voice control is sublime. I like the bit about "you're not right in the head, this is why I like you"/"and nor am I" | |
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Fatty [eats chi Average |
#18 by Fatty [eats children] kid at Oct 11, 1987 at 2:09 PM EST |
| the video for this was made in southend, something which i was extatic about, he even passes my house... 51 burdett avenue, westcliff on sea, so if you want to recreate the video... | |
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Joe Average |
#19 by Joe Fitzpatrick at Jul 22, 1990 at 2:02 PM EST |
| Yes, it took him 7 years to find a new label to release material off. | |
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Kornowski - Wanna Be |
#20 by Kornowski - Im не русский, Бог Черт возьми! at Jul 6, 1991 at 6:46 AM EST |
| Cleethorpes! | |
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Tommy Wanna Be |
#21 by Tommy Tang at Jul 17, 1991 at 3:33 PM EST |
| Morrissey is rarely just literal, however, this is my anthem for living in the tourist trap town of Ocean City, MD in late October/November when this record was released...and driving along the Delaware coast on a cloudy boring day w/nowhere to go and nothing to do while not having much direction in my own life at the time.... | |
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Len Badass |
#22 by Len cullum at Nov 26, 1996 at 7:38 AM EST |
| I'm confused: this is a song from his new album but these lyrics were posted in 2002. How's that possible? | |
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brian Average |
#23 by brian haun at Jan 30, 1997 at 9:36 PM EST |
| colin meloy's cover is so beautiful. | |
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♥brian Lead Player |
#24 by ♥brian♥ ******** at Jan 9, 1998 at 3:26 PM EST |
| Excuse me? Colin Meloy? I'll stick with this version. One of the best songs ever written. It's about how life in general is "Silent and Gray" and when people get a chance they 'Escape' to lovely fun towns were all of your cares will go away. But then you get there and you realise that it feels 200 times worse. "Etch a postcard : 'How I Dearly Wish I Was Not Here' In the seaside town ...that they forgot to bomb" | |
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Murders in the Average |
#25 by Murders in the Rue Morgue at Jul 12, 1999 at 6:38 PM EST |
| The 10,000 Maniacs with Natalie Merchant do a great cover of this song. It gives the original a run for it's money. The song is about a lackluster coastal town that never has anything exciting happening. | |
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Dylan Rhythm Player |
#26 by Dylan Fitzgerald at Aug 3, 1999 at 12:35 PM EST |
| but it's important to note that this song is not about being miserable, but about escaping that. and i guess this is what makes it so uplifting, at least for me. i think that's why the lines "and a strange dust lands on your hands, and on your face..." has such a mysterious and calming effect. though nothing is resolved in the end, at least the bomb (death and destruction) allows him/her to leave their misery behind. if one finds hope in that, then maybe it is not so terrible after all (save for a few effects, such as 'greased tea'). | |
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sephiroth Average |
#27 by sephiroth at Dec 28, 2000 at 6:11 AM EST |
| i think the song's basically about two folks, more than likely close friends who sort of joke with and about each other, and who know each other so well that they're always "thinking the same line." Moz is finally ready to admit his feelings. It's really a nice song. | |
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Rockstar Professional |
#28 by Rockstar at Mar 29, 2001 at 9:37 PM EST |
| Put this on a compilation for this hot blonde i like. | |
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Josh Average |
#29 by Josh at Jul 29, 2001 at 6:43 AM EST |
| I guess this is sort of a paraphrase or a combination of stuff that other people have already said, but yeah, this song is about the desire to escape from boredom and depression that comes with living a ‘nice’ simple life. The only thing that seems able to break the routine is for something terrible to happen, like a nuclear bomb. To trudge over wet sand gives the sense that a mundane task such as walking back to get your clothes is a difficult one. Even worse, they find out their clothes are gone. This feeling of disappointment sets the mood for the rest of the song, in which this person contemplates how unhappy they are with their life (how I dearly wish I was not here) because they are confined to a place, though where nothing terrible seems to happen, nothing great either. This results in a feeling of mind-numbing pain. Typically, a seaside town may be associated with an escape from the stress of life, but it is the source of misery for this person. The only escape seems to be in something extreme, like complete destruction so he/she imagines a nuclear bomb to end it all. But after the nuclear bomb has hit (image of the ‘strange dust’ that lands), this is where it is kind of ambiguous for me. Whether or not this is a real or imagined scenario, it seems that everyday is just silent and grey again and that nothing much changes (win yourself a cheap tray)? Except this time, the tea is contaminated from the bomb? Though we may desire to escape from life through death, as long as we are alive, we will have to deal with the same old stuff. In the end, there’s no escape from anything. Life and death are the same. This is a really beautiful song. | |
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St. Jimmy Wanna Be |
#30 by St. Jimmy at Aug 15, 2002 at 9:16 PM EST |
| There's definately the metaphor of boredom and possible nuclear fallout - hence the 'greased tea,' which could imply both horrible seaside tea and nuclear effects, and the 'strange dust.' Morrissey is one of the greatest ever songwriters. Along with Bowie. | |
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` niki * Average |
#31 by ` niki * at Apr 19, 2003 at 1:35 AM EST |
| Its about holidaying in a seaside town out of season and how sleepy and boring it is | |
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klown Rhythm Player |
#32 by klown at Mar 5, 2005 at 2:41 PM EST |
| colin meloys cover is beautiful and amazing as is he. | |
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James Wanna Be |
#33 by James Makowiecki at Feb 7, 2006 at 12:09 AM EST |
| Soooooo many possible interpretations... I thought it might be about being homeless or unemployed, hence the title being a reference to someone who never goes to work, who just wakes up and simply exists. Of course, if you've been to a British seaside town outside of summer, you'll know how depressing it is... Skegness especially. It's like nuclear winter. See? Thousands of explanations possible. | |
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Ryan Average |
#34 by Ryan Jones at Mar 25, 2006 at 10:06 PM EST |
| I think it's a perfect friendship song too -- I picture him singing this to Linder or Nancy Sinatra or another one of his favorite women friends | |
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Average |
#35 by Riqu - at Jun 13, 2006 at 8:14 AM EST |
| one of the most perfect love songs. | |
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