Half a Person
The Smiths * Track #12 On The World Won’t Listen
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Half a Person by The Smiths
Performed by
The SmithsProduced by
Stephen Street & Morrissey & Johnny MarrWrited by
Johnny Marr & MorrisseyAbout
This song is about adolescence and a crush that Morrissey used to have during his teen years but never said anything to, which he is addressing here.
This song shows everything that makes Morrissey who he is as a songwriter. It has his charm, his fantastic wordplay and his wittiness.
A hidden gem...
Half a Person Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Bridge]
And if you have five seconds to spare
Then I'll tell you the story of my life
[Chorus]
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?"
[Verse 2]
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"
[Chorus]
And if you have five seconds to spare
Then I'll tell you the story of my life
[Chorus]
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?"
[Verse 3]
Call me morbid, call me pale
I've spent too long on your trail
Far too long chasing your tail
[Bridge]
And if you have five seconds to spare
Then I'll tell you the story of my life
[Chorus]
Sixteen, clumsy and shy that's the story of my life
Sixteen, clumsy and shy, the story of my life
[Outro]
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
Half a Person Q&A
Who wrote Half a Person's ?
Half a Person was written by Johnny Marr & Morrissey.
Who produced Half a Person's ?
Half a Person was produced by Stephen Street & Morrissey & Johnny Marr.
What did The Smiths say about "Half a Person"?
Morrissey told the British music magazine The Face in 1990 that the song was autobiographical. Of the woman who writes the letter, he said, “Yes, that is all absolutely true. She does exist.”