Smiths, The - Half A Person Lyrics






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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  1. s.... b....

    This song fuckin shimmers. Guitar music.

  2. F.... d....

    As vezes me sinto metade de uma pessoa.

  3. R.... n....

    ....long years....on your trail...

  4. R.... R....

    I never get tired of this song!

  5. L.... S....

    Almost 50 not clumsy,not shy.....but still listing to this gem......🤗

  6. L.... P....

    Call me Morbid Call me Pale.....

  7. L.... D....

    Please please please let me let me get what I want.

  8. R.... M....

    Um som de s.o.s love

  9. J.... B....

    What a beautiful Classic

  10. n.... ....

    "Peggy-Anne the selfie Queen still wears her mask from Halloween" - Morrissey

  11. A.... M....

    sadly, i'm 16 clumsy and shy

  12. Z.... ....

    This is the last day I can truly relate to this song.

  13. A.... ....

    6 full years of my life on your trail

  14. B.... M....

    In 1 billion years from now this will still be genius

  15. E.... G....

    The Smiths, Always on Sundays

  16. S.... D....

    I said "I like it here, can I stay?"

  17. L.... B....

    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 why 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 why 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

  18. E.... ....

    s e x y

  19. t.... ....

    the story of my life...i went to London and i...

  20. C.... ....

    21 and still single?

  21. s.... ....

    vodka + smiths = how i spend my evenings past 11pm

    s.... ....

    sexualspaghetti me

    s.... ....

    Im sorry bro but you sound just like me

    s.... ....

    Perfectly acceptable

    s.... ....

    Corinne Hidrobo we could be best friends

  22. J.... B....

    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 why 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 why 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

  23. h.... ....

    Well Im currently 16, and totally clumsy and shy

  24. R.... M....

    Call me morbid, call me pale, I remember grabbing a guitar and singing this song to one of my college buddies here in Ohio, he looked at me like saying, "You must be out of your mind." Too somber for American culture.

  25. g.... n....

    That's the story of my life

  26. M.... L....

    Tom do vocal ótimo as notas todas boas e bem colocada
    The Smiths é show !!!

  27. m.... ....

    genius mar/Morrissey combination

  28. S.... ....

    Really is the story of my life

  29. H.... ....

    I'm finally 16

  30. p.... ....

    Sixteen, clumsy and shy, that's the story of my life.

  31. D.... ....

    Spent six years of my life on drugs' trail, wasted

  32. s.... ....

    How does this have so many more views than their more popular tracks?

    s.... ....

    It's a crackin' Smiths track, is why.

  33. c.... j....

    Never again has their been a group quite like the Smiths. Stephen Patrick Morrissey and Johnny Marr were unbelievable together. Morrissey wrote all the lyrics and Johnny all the music..I remember when it was announced that the band was ending and “Strangeways (which is a prison outside Manchester) Here We Come” was to be the final album...and it was Xmas of 1987, I was a junior in high school and my first serious boyfriend was a senior, we were inseparable and thought we were so in love and absolutely smitten with each other. The smiths were even playing in the background the night John and I first had sex.. cuz I can still remember the beginning strains of “How Soon Is Now”, that long chord... as the song plays up to almost crescendo.yeah definitely something I’ve never forgotten..LOL it’s funny when I think about those times now. Something about The Smiths, their music is always the perfect accompaniment to those little scenarios that I would play out in my head.. where I pretend my life is scenes from a movie..There is a light and it Never Goes Out”, dedicated to you John Healy:)

  34. M.... C....

    To all the kids affected. My heart is with y’all

  35. M.... L....

    Fabulous

  36. E.... ....

    good lord, some gooood times ahead people, 1212 <3

  37. s.... ....

    I’ve been listening to the smiths for almost a decade by now and I can say for certain this is my favourite song of theirs. Was ask for a while.

  38. s.... d....

    Never a day without the Smiths such urban poetry

  39. d.... ....

    Somewhere in mid 1985 Marr discovered the delay pedal. The rest is history

  40. D.... C....

    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 why 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…

  41. �.... ....

    That feeling when no one knows me better than a song..

  42. H.... S....

    Beautiful song and painfully all too real for me. Thank You Smiths for letting know i wasn’t alone, then or now. I feel like this only to a lesser degree now.

  43. F.... ....

    Jeez. It’s been some time since I listened to the Smiths. So much angry music with provocative skanks. I’m glad I came back... get back to the basics. Those blows to the head have made me angry inside

  44. D.... L....

    Well I'm not 16 anymore, but oh God, I'm still clumsy and shy.

  45. n.... s....

    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 why 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 why 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

  46. C.... D....

    Every time I listen to the Smiths I am certain its my new favourite smith song, but then I repeat the process over and over and can never make up my mind

  47. S.... M....

    50 clumsy and shy...

  48. W.... Q....

    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 why 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 why 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

  49. F.... Y....

    https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Rk8UdBVjyDzY/

  50. L.... C....

    Amo the smiths. Tudo o que gravarem eu amo.

  51. d.... ....

    "Anyone who appears to be more gay than me should die." -Morrissey 1988

    d.... ....

    deliciousmorton LOL

  52. a.... p....

    Manlets BTFO

  53. D.... C....

    1987 brought me here....cheers from KC Missouri

  54. L.... L....

    I became a fan of this song in the 80s as a 13 year old female and didn't understand what it was about. I thought going to the YMCA was just 'you need to get your own place because people don't understand you'. Oh how times have changed. And yet 16 is still clumsy and shy.

  55. R.... L....

    The Three Wise Men visit the infant Morrissey with gifts, sixteen, clumsy and shy.

  56. K.... P....

    Masterpiece!!!

  57. H.... B....

    Awesome album

  58. V.... 3....

    I want my MTV BACK!!! Fuck

  59. a.... k....

    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 why 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 why 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

  60. q.... s....

    nice being sixteen and listening this

  61. B.... H....

    And if have 5 sec to spare,then I'll tell you the story of my Life

  62. F.... ....

    C'MON ppl come here, listen to this amazing song and give it a thumbs down? Fackin weirdos

  63. S.... D....

    Do you have a vacancy for a back Scrubaa

  64. L.... T....

    SIX LONG YEARS

  65. V.... F....

    6 long years...

  66. C.... T....

    I was 16 when this came out - no album connected so deeply as this one. I literally was 16 clumsy and shy, an art room "freak: and looking back now - grateful to be :-) - it does get easier...

  67. G.... G....

    Soo...is the main character of this song supposed to be a trans woman? The character talks about checking into the YWCA, which would logically stand for Young Women’s Club Of America, and yet the song is sung by a masculine voice

    G.... G....

    Are you sure you have to be a woman to be employed by the YWCA?

  68. B.... T....

    Call me morbid call me pale I spent six years as a *snail*

  69. S.... R....

    Why have most Smith fans turned Conservative😩

    S.... R....

    Naturally more intelligent

    S.... R....

    Danielle Doyle You silly arse the Smiths were against thatcherite and conservative you again you silly arse.

  70. A.... H....

    One of their best

  71. c.... ....

    Marr is at least 1/2 the band

  72. J.... G....

    Dam this songs reminds me so much of my x brother in law RIP J.J Sierra hooked on yo music bro...

  73. L.... L....

    The smiths melhor banda dos anos 80😊

  74. G.... L....

    i love the smiths

  75. L.... M....

    "In the days when you were hopelessly poor, I just liked you more."
    I LOVE The Smiths. M+M. When a genius makes music with another genius.

  76. O.... Z....

    this shit sucks ass

    O.... Z....

    Nice bait

  77. k.... p....

    I yuse grammil1 for all thinks

  78. e.... m....

    those first two seconds of guitar make me absolutely melt...anyone else??

  79. g.... i....

    [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?
    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 2]
    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

  80. c.... a....

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

  81. N.... A....

    Almost 22 and still clumsy and shy.

    N.... A....

    If you like it here you can stay. Yes we have a vacancy.

  82. A.... H....

    lo mejor

  83. G.... B....

    Morrissey is jesus

  84. R.... ....

    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 why 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 why 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

  85. d.... ....

    My favorite all time Smiths track

  86. H.... ....

    Feels like an end of high school sad song.

  87. L.... D....

    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 why 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 why 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

  88. s.... s....

    In the days when you were hopelessly poor, I just liked you more.

  89. D.... G....

    Anyone who grew up with the smiths - can never 'lose it'

  90. J.... M....

    ПРЕГЛЕД

    ТЕКСТ

    ПУСТИ

    ДРУГИ СНИМЦИ

    ЉУДИ ПРЕТРАЖУЈУ И

    1 од 5

    2 од 5

    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 why 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…

  91. E.... R....

    musica boa!!!!!!!!!!!

  92. S.... E....

    This song gives me absolute peace.

  93. J.... D....

    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 why 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 why 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
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  94. V.... H....

    27 and still clumsy and shy all i want is die

    V.... H....

    Don't die.

  95. 1.... ....

    Im 65 and I like Morrissey....can I stay?

    1.... ....

    You can :D

  96. 1.... ....

    255 idiots.

  97. R.... ....

    Rugby 🏉, girlfriend💕 and The Smiths 🎵, my youth in the late 90's
    Brazil 🇧🇷

  98. l.... V....

    Marr es el padre del rock latino de los 80s y 90s