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{{Infobox song
| name          = Girlfriend in a Coma
| cover         = <!--just the file name-->
| type          = single
| artist        = [[w:The Smiths|The Smiths]]
| album         = [[w:Strangeways, Here We Come|Strangeways, Here We Come]]
| B-side        = 
| released      = {{Start date|1987|08|10}}
| recorded      = March–April 1987
| studio        = 
| genre         = <!--do not add unsourced genres-->
| length        = 2:02
| label         = [[w:Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]]
| writer        = [[w:Johnny Marr|Johnny Marr]], [[w:Morrissey|Morrissey]]
| producer      = Morrissey, Johnny Marr, [[w:Stephen Street|Stephen Street]]
}}

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<poem>
Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know, it's serious
Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know, it's really serious

There were times when I could {{ln|5}}
Have murdered her
But you know, I would hate
Anything to happen to her

No, I don't want to see her

Do you really think {{ln|10}}
She'll pull through
Do you really think
She'll pull through
Do ooh ooh ooh

Girlfriend in a coma, I know {{ln|15}}
I know, it's serious
My, my, my, my, my, my baby, goodbye

There were times when I could
Have strangled her
But you know, I would hate {{ln|20}}
Anything to happen to her

Would you please
Let me see her

Do you really think
She'll pull through {{ln|25}}
Do you really think
She'll pull through
Do ooh ooh ooh

Let me whisper my last goodbyes
I know, it’s serious {{ln|30}}
</poem>
|}</div>

==Facts==
“It goes to say that Morrissey's sexually has been a concern of conjecture for many years, even debatable whether the "girlfriend" referred to in this song is relate to his own sitution.”{{sfn|Wiser|1999}}

"The Smiths" recorded the song "Girlfriend in a Coma" on August 10th, 1987. 

"It states that the band split up on September 1987, because they had some music differences." 

===Notes and Commentary===
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== References==
*{{citation
  | last = Lane
  | first = Kieran
  | last2 = Singh
  | first2 = Karun
  | title = Richard Watts
  | work = Richard Watts Charities
  | url = http://www.richardwatts.org.uk/richardwatts1.html
  | access-date = 21 June 2012 

}}
*{{citation
  | last = Wenner
  | first = Jann
  | title = The Open Secret of Girlfriend in a Coma'
  | work = The Smiths
  | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-smiths-the-open-secret-of-girlfriend-in-a-coma-197566/
  | access-date = 21 June 2012 

}}
*{{citation
  | last = Hall
  | first = The Wool
  | last2 = Somerset
  | first2 = Beckington
  | title = Rough Trade
  | url = https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Girlfriend_in_a_Coma_(song)
  | access-date = August  2014

}}

===Works Cited===
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* {{cite web |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-smiths/girlfriend-in-a-coma|title= Songfacts |last= Wiser |first= Carl |date= August 1999 |website= Songfacts |access-date={{date|2021-09-01|ISO}} |quote=}}
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* {{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-smiths-the-open-secret-of-girlfriend-in-a-coma-197566/|title= The Open Secret of Girlfriend in a Coma' |last= Wenner |first= Jann |date= August 1987 |website= RollingStone |access-date={{date|1967-11-09|ISO}} |quote=}}
{{refend}}

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