"I'm Not Sorry"
(Morrissey/Boz Boorer)

 

These words are transcribed without permission the way they appear in Morrissey's "You Are The Quarry" album. Additions to the printed lyrics are in darker text while omissions are striken out.

On returning
I can't believe this world is still turning
the pressure's on
because the pleasure hasn't gone
and I'm / not sorry for
for the things I've done
and I'm / not looking for
just anyone

On competing
when will this tired heart stop beating? 1
it's all a game
existence is only a game
and I'm / not sorry for
for the things I've done
and I'm / not looking for
just anyone

I'm / slipping below the water-line
I'm / slipping below the water-line
reach for my hand / and
and the race is won
reject my hand / and
the damage is done

I'm / slipping below the water-line
I'm / slipping below the water-line

the woman of my dreams / she
she never came along
the woman of my dreams / well
there never was one
and I'm / not sorry for
for the things I've said
there's a wild man
in my head
there's a wild man
in my head

 

1 In a few performances of the song on the 2004 You Are The Quarry tour this line was changed to "when will this feeble heart" or "when will this cold heart".