Another record I inherited/scavenged from te's collection when it was being cleared out. The main attraction was Hairdresser on Fire, about which I've already wittered.
I'd forgotten about the other song on the B side, I Know Very Well How I Got My Name, which displays a variation of Morrissey's promise-then-deny trope (cf. "There are brighter sides to life / and I should know because I've seen them / but not very often" and "There's more to life than books, you know / but not much more"). In this case it's the double twist of
You think you were my first love
But you're wrong…
You were the only one…
Who's come and gone
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