Half A Person • The Smiths

The Smiths performing "Half A Person" from the compiled album "Louder than bombs", 1987. ℗

Call me morbid, call me pale
I've spent six years on your trail
Six long years
On your trail

Call me morbid, call me pale
I've spent six years on your trail
Six full years of my life on your trail

And if you have five seconds to spare
Then I'll tell you the story of my life:
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
I went to London and I
I booked myself in at the Y... W.C.A.
I said : "I like it here - can I stay?
I like it here - can I stay?
Do you have a vacancy
For a Back-scrubber?"

She was left behind, and sour
And she wrote to me, equally dour
She said : "In the days when you were
Hopelessly poor
I just liked you more..."

And if you have five seconds to spare
Then I'll tell you the story of my life :
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
I went to London and I
I booked myself in at the Y... W.C.A.
I said : "I like it here - can I stay?
I like it here - can I stay?
And do you have a vacancy
For a Back-scrubber?"

Call me morbid, call me pale
I've spent too long on your trail
Far too long
Chasing your tail
Oh...

And if you have five seconds to spare
Then I'll tell you the story of my life :
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
That's the story of my life
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
The story of my life
That's the story of my life
That's the story of my life
That's the story of my life
The story of my life
That's the story of my life
That's the story of my life
That's the story of my life
That's the story of my life
That's the story of my life
That's the story...

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[Schumitastic]

Probably my favourite Smiths song along with The Queen Is Dead, There Is A Light, and Reel Around The Fountain.... fuck it, they're actually all as great as one another.

[Apuyina]

@Schumitastic Yep, same here my friend.

[TransmissionFilms]

Half a Person, is my favorite the Smiths song. In fact HaP is the song I can relate too the most in my own life. The Smiths/Morrisey have a great way of explaining and relating life in their songs. Whenever I have a crush (Which is rare because I'm usually a Morrisey type asexual lol) I listen to this song and cry because I know it will only ever be that a crush.

[HouseofETL]

16 clumsy and shy has basically taken over twitter

[purcelleuropean]

@Schumitastic great,but different,that s what is so awesome about the smiths

[bmbenblog]

@Schumitastic agreed...what is it with this song? honesty?

[1888gp]

@tropicalpimp of course every song they done was not great.....but i still wouldnt hit the dislike button.....u musta been one of the dislikes if uv took the time to write that load of guff

[tropicalpimp]

@1888gp I love The Smiths...but not EVERY song they've made is great. So if a person clicks 'dislike' on a song they thought was going to be awesome,they are "spreading misery on others"? I just wanted to point out how fuckin stupid that sounds. Go listen to a "We Are The World" record because in REAL life, there is negative and positive. One cannot exist without the other. Why not respect peoples opinions and quit spreading mindless jiberish on others? Or are you too miserable? lol

[1888gp]

why do people watch a video on here then dislike it.....if ur a smiths fan u shouldnt dislike anything......i bet theres some sad little guy who sits in his bedroom in his mums house and just dislikes things on youtube.....spreading his misery on others

[KxK96]

btw my Favourite is Asleep ( so sad...) Oscillate wildly or Girl afraid... or heaven knows im miserable now or Barbarism begins.... IDK THEYRE ALL GOOD xDD haha

[KxK96]

i tought he said I went to london and DIED x) , my bad.

[djc741]

This is probably my favorite Smiths song, if it's possible to pick a favorite. Thanks for uploading the right version

[eraseragenda]

hey this really sucks