Released: March 1, 1990
Songwriter: Sinéad O’Connor
Producer: Sinéad O’Connor
[Verse 1]
It seems years since you held the baby
While I wrecked the bedroom
You said it was dangerous after Sunday
And I knew you loved me
He thinks I just became famous
And that's what messed me up
But he's wrong
How could I possibly know what I want
When I was only twenty-one?
And there's millions of people
To offer advice and say how I should be
But they're twisted
And they will never be any influence on me
But you will always be
You will always be
[Chorus]
If I treated you mean
I really didn't mean to
But you know how it is
And how a pregnancy can change you
[Verse 2]
I see plenty of clothes that I like
But I won't go anywhere nice for a while
All I want to do is just sit here
And write it all down and rest for a while
I can't bear to be in another city
One where you are not
I would return to nothing without you
If I'm your girlfriend or not
[Chorus]
Maybe I was mean
But I really don't think so
You asked if I'm scared
And I said so
[Verse 3]
Everyone can see what's going on
They laugh `cause they know they're untouchable
Not because what I said was wrong
Whatever it may bring
I will live by my own policies
I will sleep with a clear conscience
I will sleep in peace
[Chorus]
Maybe it sounds mean
But I really don't think so
You asked for the truth and I told you
[Outro]
Through their own words
They will be exposed
They've got a severe case of
The emperor's new clothes
The emperor's new clothes
The emperor's new clothes
The emperor's new clothes
It seems years since you held the baby
While I wrecked the bedroom
You said it was dangerous after Sunday
And I knew you loved me
He thinks I just became famous
And that's what messed me up
But he's wrong
How could I possibly know what I want
When I was only twenty-one?
And there's millions of people
To offer advice and say how I should be
But they're twisted
And they will never be any influence on me
But you will always be
You will always be
[Chorus]
If I treated you mean
I really didn't mean to
But you know how it is
And how a pregnancy can change you
[Verse 2]
I see plenty of clothes that I like
But I won't go anywhere nice for a while
All I want to do is just sit here
And write it all down and rest for a while
I can't bear to be in another city
One where you are not
I would return to nothing without you
If I'm your girlfriend or not
[Chorus]
Maybe I was mean
But I really don't think so
You asked if I'm scared
And I said so
[Verse 3]
Everyone can see what's going on
They laugh `cause they know they're untouchable
Not because what I said was wrong
Whatever it may bring
I will live by my own policies
I will sleep with a clear conscience
I will sleep in peace
[Chorus]
Maybe it sounds mean
But I really don't think so
You asked for the truth and I told you
[Outro]
Through their own words
They will be exposed
They've got a severe case of
The emperor's new clothes
The emperor's new clothes
The emperor's new clothes
The emperor's new clothes
I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
- Nothing Compares 2 U
- Silent Night
- Mind Games
- You Do Something to Me
- Night Nurse
- My Special Child
- Damn Your Eyes
- I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
- Last Day of Our Acquaintance
- You Cause As Much Sorrow
- Jump in the River
- The Emperor’s New Clothes
- Black Boys on Mopeds
- I Am Stretched on Your Grave
- Three Babies
- Feels So Different
- What Do You Want
- The Lion in the Cage (1990)
- I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
- So Far... The Best of Sinéad O’Connor (1997)
- Nothing Compares 2 U
- Black Boys on Mopeds
- Troy
- Mandinka
- Last Day of Our Acquaintance
- The Emperor’s New Clothes
- I Am Stretched on Your Grave
- Mother
- My Darling Child
- It’s All Good
- The Healing Room
- Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
- In This Heart
- I Want Your (Hands on Me)
- Jealous
- Drink Before the War
- The State I’m In
- This Is to Mother You
- O Filii et Filiae
- He Moved Through the Fair
- Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home
- John I Love You
- I’ll Tell Me Ma
- Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered