Lyrics Morrissey - First of the Gang to Die

FIRST OF THE GANG TO DIE
(Morrissey/Whyte)

(Los Angeles, you are too hot)

You have never been in love
until you’ve seen the stars
reflect in the reservoirs
and you have never been in love
until you’ve seen the dawn rise
behind the Home For The Blind
we are the Pretty Petty Thieves
and you’re standing on our streets
where Hector was the first of the gang
with a gun in his hand
and the first to do time
the first of the gang to die
oh my

Hector was the first of the gang
with a gun in his hand
and the first to do time
the first of the gang to die
oh my

You have never been in love
until you’ve seen sunlight thrown
over smashed human bone
we are the Pretty Petty Thieves
and you’re standing on our streets
where Hector was the first of the gang
with a gun in his hand
and the first to do time
the first of the gang to die
such a silly boy

Hector was the first of the gang
with a gun in his hand
and a bullet in his gullet
and the first Lost Lad to go under the sod

And he stole from the rich and the poor
and the not-very-rich
and the very poor
and he stole all hearts away
he stole all hearts away
he stole all hearts away
a-hey a-hey a-hey, vey a-hey
he stole all hearts away
away

he stole all hearts away
a-hey a-hey a-hey, vey a-hey
he stole all hearts away
away
he stole all hearts away
a-hey a-hey a-hey, vey a-hey
he stole all hearts away
away