Roy's Keen

About Roy's Keen

"Roy's Keen" is a song by Morrissey, released as a single in October 1997. It was the second single to be taken from the Maladjusted album and was the third Morrissey single not to feature himself on the cover, instead a photograph of two boys taken by Roger Mayne on London's Southam Street in the 1950s. The single reached number 42 on the UK Singles Chart. The failure to reach the top 40 meant that a recorded performance of the song for Top of the Pops did not air until it was shown on Top of the Pops 2 in 2003. The title is a pun of the name of former Manchester United footballer Roy Keane—a fact Morrissey acknowledged during live performances of the song by changing the lyrics to "never seen a keener midfielder". The song was played over the closing credits of Keane's 2002 documentary As I See It. Despite being released as a single, the song was omitted from Maladjusted's remastered CD reissue in 2009. more »

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1997

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(Go on!)
He's romancing you 
And chancing his arm 
He'll be here 
Smiling on time 
He's romancing you 
And chancing his arm 
He'll be here 
Smiling on time 
Roy's keen oh Roy's keen 
Roy's keen oh Roy's keen 
We've never seen a 
Keener window-cleaner 
Back up the ladder 
Into each corner 
Dunking the chamois 
Just think of the goodwill 
The ladder's a planet 
Roy is a star, and 
I am a satellite 
(But that's alright) 
He can hold a smile for as long 
As you require (even longer) 
He can hold a smile for as long 
As you require (even longer) 
Roy's keen oh Roy's keen 
Roy's keen oh Roy's keen 
We've never seen a 
Keener window-cleaner 
Back up the ladder 
Into each corner 
Dunking the chamois 
Just think of the goodwill 
The ladder's a planet 
Roy is a star, and 
I am a satellite 
I will be set alight 
Don't say you'll hold it steady 
Then you let it go 
Don't say you'll hold it steady 
Then you let it go 
Oh...

You're up the ladder 
Into each corner 
Foot in a bucket 
We trust you to wreck it 
Even when it's under your nose 
Well, you just can't 
See it, can you? 
Well, it's here 
Right under your nose 
And you just can't 
See it, can you? 
La la la la...
Roy's keen, Roy's keen 
La la la la...
Roy's keen, Roy's keen 
La la la la...
Roy's keen, Roy's keen 
La la la la...
Roy's keen, Roy's keen 
We've never seen a 
Keener window-cleaner 
Oh... 
La la la la...

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Morrissey

Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart on ten occasions. His first solo album, 1988's Viva Hate entered the UK albums chart at number one. Widely regarded as an important innovator in indie music, Morrissey has been described by music magazine NME as "one of the most influential artists ever", and The Independent has stated "most pop stars have to be dead before they reach the iconic status he has reached in his lifetime".Pitchfork Media has called him "one of th… more »

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