Years of Refusal lyrics

See Morrissey's lyrics to Years of Refusal below. Uniquely Morrissey... who else could pen songs like All You Need Is Me and Its Not Your Birthday Anymore and get away with it?

Each one continues the familiar Morrissey themes and subject matter with his waspish wit, cynicism and humour sprinkled liberally throughout.

In a nutshell... he's done it again!

Sorry Doesn’t Help

Sorries pour out of you
All wide-eyed simple smiles
certain to see you through
like a QC full of fake humility

you say:
“Oh, please forgive…”
you say:
“Oh, live and let live…”

but sorry doesn’t help us
and sorry will not save us
and sorry will not bring my teen years back to me (any time soon)

Forced back, it springs right out
seasoned, you have no doubts
you lied about the lies that you told
which is the full extent of what being you is all about

you say:
“Oh, please forgive…”
you say:
“Oh, live and let live…”

but sorry doesn’t help us
sorry will not save us
sorry will not bring my love into my arms (as far as I know…)

sorry doesn’t help us
sorry will not save us
sorry is just a word you find so easy to say… so you say it anyway

sorry doesn’t help us
sorry won’t protect us
sorry won’t undo all the good gone wrong