I Started Something I Couldn't Finish Lyrics - Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths

The lanes were silent 

There was nothing, no one, nothing around for miles 

I doused our friendly venture 

With a hard-faced 

Three-word gesture 

I started something 

I forced you to a zone 

And you were clearly 

Never meant to go 

Hair brushed and parted 

Typical me, typical me 

Typical me 

I started something 

And now I'm not too sure 

I grabbed you by the guilded beams 

Uh, that's what tradition means 

And I doused another venture 

With a gesture 

That was absolutely vile 

I started something 

I forced you to a zone 

And you were clearly 

Never meant to go 

Hair brushed and parted 

Typical me, typical me 

Typical me 

I started something 

And now I'm not too sure 

I grabbed you by the guilded beams 

Uh, that's what tradition means 

And now eighteen months' hard labor 

Seems fair enough 

I started something 

And I forced you to a zone 

And you were clearly 

Never meant to go 

Hair brushed and parted 

Typical me, typical me 

Typical me 

I started something 

And now I'm not too sure 

I started something 

I started something 

Typical me, typical me 

Typical me, typical me 

Typical me, typical me 

Typical me 

I started something 

And now I'm not too sure 

OK Stephen, do that again?