Accept Yourself
| THE SMITHS song | |
|---|---|
| Name | Accept Yourself |
| Album/single | Hatful_Of_Hollow This_Charming_Man_(single) |
| 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:
- London, England 1983-05-06 (The Smiths concert)
- London, England 1983-05-21 (The Smiths concert)
- Birmingham, England 1983-06-03 (The Smiths concert)
- London, England 1983-06-04 (The Smiths concert)
- Bournemouth, England 1983-07-01 (The Smiths concert)
- Manchester, England 1983-07-06 (The Smiths concert)
- London, England 1983-07-07 (The Smiths concert)
- London, England 1983-08-09 (The Smiths concert)
- Leeds, England 1983-08-11 (The Smiths concert)
- Norwich, England 1983-08-19 (The Smiths concert)
Play count (Morrissey concert): 0
Appears On
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