
Morrissey sings that he's found "someone who's worth it in this murkiness" but ends complaining this person is "somebody who wants to be with me. "Found Found Found", another Langer track, is the only heavy song on the album. "King Leer" follows, a relaxed tune with sardonic lyrical puns. "Mute Witness" tells of an attempt to get information out of a shocked witness who cannot speak at a trial, featuring piano backing composed by Clive Langer. " Sing Your Life" has Morrissey encouraging the listener to express themselves, as he sings, "Walk right up to the microphone and name all the things you love, all the things you loathe." A rockabilly version of the song also exists, recorded live at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles after Morrissey started working with new guitarists Boz Boorer and Alain Whyte. The song continues the trope of Morrissey writing about English racism from a unique angle, as with "Bengali in Platforms" on Viva Hate (1988). "Asian Rut" tells of the murder of an Asian boy by three English boys, in which Morrissey's vocals are backed only by strings, bass, and sound effects. So deeply, so bleakly .", which critic David Thompson interprets as indicating that the conversations he so dreads are in fact with himself. The final verse, however, sees Morrissey singing "Won't somebody stop me from thinking? From thinking all the time. The opening track, " Our Frank", describes "frank and open, deep conversations" that get the singer nowhere and leave him disheartened. The album was produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley with most of the music written by Fairground Attraction's Mark E. Kill Uncle was recorded during a transitional phase for Morrissey, having parted ways with producer Stephen Street but not yet working with his future long-term team of guitarists Alain Whyte and Boz Boorer.
