"Ask"
(Morrissey/Marr)

These lyrics are transcribed in light blue as they appear in the Smiths "The World Won't Listen" and "Louder Than Bombs" albums and are reproduced here without permission. Variations between the printed lyrics and what is sung by Morrissey are indicated in darker text for additions and omissions are deleted.

Shyness is nice, but and
Shyness can stop you
From doing all the things in life
That you'd like to
(repeat above)
So, if there's something you'd
like to try
If there's something you'd
like to try
ASK ME - I WON'T SAY "NO" - HOW COULD I?
Coyness is nice, but and
Coyness can stop you
from saying all the things in ¹
life that you want to   life you'd like to
So, if there's something that you'd
like to try
If there's something that you'd
like to try
ASK ME - I WON'T SAY "NO" - HOW COULD I?
Spending warm, Summer days indoors
Writing frightening verse
To a buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg
ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME
ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME
Because if it's not Love
Then it's the Bomb
the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb
That will bring us together
Nature is a language - can't you read?
Nature is a language - can't you read? ²
[So] ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME
ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME
Because if it's not Love
Then it's the Bomb
the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb
That will bring us together
If it's not Love
Then it's the Bomb
Then it's the Bomb
That will bring us together
So
ASK ME, ASK ME ,ASK ME
ASK ME, ASK ME ,ASK ME

¹ On the "The Queen Is Dead" tour, as heard on "Rank", Morrissey would often sing this line as "From doing all the things in life that you want to"

² On the "The Queen Is Dead" tour, as heard on "Rank", Morrissey would often sing this line as "Nature is a language - can anybody read?"