This song is a polar opposite to many of Morrissey's earlier musings that hint at racism (which he did, not as one himself but rather illustrating the fullfillment of the need in most people to seek refuge from alienation by singling out other "wierdos" - an us vs. them mentality). In direct oppostion to his earlier flirtations with a nihilistic regard for minorities and such - a la Bengali in Platforms -- he now pens a song that mourns the young colored single mother's lot in life - written from the poisonous perspective of a conservative bigot lamenting the audacity this young mother has to recieve any help at all from the state, Morrissey illuminates the very inhumanity of such words and in true Moz fashion culminates the tale with the inevitable Manchausen syndrome by proxy-esque infanticide committed by the despairing mother who thinks her children will be better off - with her - in a place far removed from their glum life.
This song is a polar opposite to many of Morrissey's earlier musings that hint at racism (which he did, not as one himself but rather illustrating the fullfillment of the need in most people to seek refuge from alienation by singling out other "wierdos" - an us vs. them mentality). In direct oppostion to his earlier flirtations with a nihilistic regard for minorities and such - a la Bengali in Platforms -- he now pens a song that mourns the young colored single mother's lot in life - written from the poisonous perspective of a conservative bigot lamenting the audacity this young mother has to recieve any help at all from the state, Morrissey illuminates the very inhumanity of such words and in true Moz fashion culminates the tale with the inevitable Manchausen syndrome by proxy-esque infanticide committed by the despairing mother who thinks her children will be better off - with her - in a place far removed from their glum life.