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THE SMITHS song
Name	Accept Yourself
Album/single	This Charming Man Hatful Of Hollow
Length	3:45
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Producer	John Porter
Release	October 1983
Recorded	September 1983

Information

First recorded by Troy Tate (July/August 1983).
Then recorded for David Jensen (BBC Radio/August 1983).
Then definitively by John Porter (Matrix Studios/September 1983).

The song appears to be lyrically influenced, in part, by Magazine's 1980 song: "A Song From Under The Floorboards":

"I am angry, I am ill, and I'm ugly as sin"

Compared to:

"I am sick and I am dull and I am plain."

Morrissey would cover A Song From Under The Floorboards in later solo concerts.

Lyrics

Everyday you must say:
"So how do I feel about my life?"
Anything is hard to find
When you will not open your eyes
When will you accept yourself?

"I am sick and I am dull and I am plain
How dearly I'd love to get carried away
Oh, but dreams have a knack of just not coming true
And time is against me now
Oh, who and what to blame?"

Oh, anything is hard to find
When you will not open your eyes
When will you accept yourself?
For Heaven's sake

Anything is hard to find
When you will not open your eyes
Everyday you must say:
"Oh, how do I feel about the past?"
  Others conquered love but I ran
  I sat in my room and I drew up a plan
  Oh, but plans can fall through and so often they do
  And time is against me now
  And there's no one left to blame"

Oh, tell me when will you
When will you accept your life
The one you hate?

For anything is hard to find
When you will not open your eyes
Everyday you must say:
"Oh, how do I feel about my shoes
  They make me awkward and plain
  How dearly I would love to kick with the fray
  But I once had a dream and it never came true
  And time is against me now
  Time is against me now"
And there's no one but yourself to blame

Oh, anything is hard to find
When you will not open your eyes
Anything is hard to find
For Heaven's sake

Anything is hard to find
When you WILL NOT open your eyes
When will you accept yourself?

When?
When?
When?
When?

Live History

Play count (The Smiths concert): 18

The Smiths live history:

... further results

Play count (Morrissey concert): 0

Appears On

Related Forum Threads

The Smiths A-Z: "Accept Yourself" - Morrissey-solo (Jan 04, 2022)

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 {{Songbox
 | Name = Accept Yourself
-| Album = [[Hatful_Of_Hollow]]<br>[[This_Charming_Man_(single)]]
+| Album = [[This Charming Man (single)|This Charming Man]]<br>[[Hatful Of Hollow]]
 | Length = 3:45
 | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]]
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-[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]]
 ==Information==
-First recorded by [[Troy Tate]] (July/August 1983)<br>
+First recorded by [[Troy Tate]] (July/August 1983).<br>
-Then recorded for [[David Jensen]] (BBC Radio/August 1983)<br>
+Then recorded for [[David Jensen]] (BBC Radio/August 1983).<br>
-Then definitively by [[John Porter]] (Matrix Studios/September 1983)<br>
+Then definitively by [[John Porter]] (Matrix Studios/September 1983).<br>
-The song appears to be lyrically influenced in part by [[Magazine]]'s 1980 song: "A Song From Under The Floorboards":
+The song appears to be lyrically influenced, in part, by [[Mention::Magazine]]'s 1980 song: "A Song From Under The Floorboards":
 <blockquote>
 "I am angry, I am ill, and I'm ugly as sin"
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 <blockquote>
 "I am sick and I am dull and I am plain."</blockquote>
-Morrissey would cover [[A Song From Under The Floorboards]] in later solo concerts.
+Morrissey would cover [[Mention::A Song From Under The Floorboards]] in later solo concerts.
 == Lyrics ==
 <poem>
 Everyday you must say: