Heaven knows I m miserable now
Heaven knows I m miserable now
I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I m miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I m miserable now
In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don’t care if I live or die ?
Two lovers entwined pass me by
And heaven knows I m miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I m miserable now
In my life
Oh, why do I give valuable time
To people who don’t care if I live or die ?
What she asked of me at the end of the day
Caligula would have blushed
“You’ve been in the house too long” she said
And I (naturally) fled
In my life
Why do I smile
At people who I’d much rather kick in the eye ?
I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I m miserable now
“You’ve been in the house too long” she said
And I (naturally) fled
In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don’t care if I live or die ?
William, it was really nothing
William it was really nothing
The rain falls hard on a humdrum town
This town has dragged you down
Oh, the rain falls hard on a humdrum town
This town has dragged you down
Oh, no, and everybody’s got to live their life
And God knows I’ve got to live mine
God knows I’ve got to live mine
William, William it was really nothing
William, William it was really nothing
It was your life …
How can you stay with a fat girl who’ll say :
“Oh ! Would you like to marry me ?
“And if you like you can buy the ring”
She doesn’t care about anything
Would you like to marry me ?
And if you like you can buy the ring
I don’t dream about anyone – except myself !
Oh, William, William it was really nothing
William, William
How soon is now?
How soon is now?
I am the son
and the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
I am the son
And the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
There’s a club, if you’d like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go, and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home
And you cry
And you want to die
When you say it’s gonna happen now,
When exactly do you mean?
See I’ve already waited too long
And all my hope is gone
How soon is now?
Release date: 1985, February
UK Chart: 2
Cover Star: British actor Sean Barrett. The picture is a still from Dunkirk, a British movie directed by Leslie Norman in 1958. Barrett’s character is praying on the beach.
Etchings on the single’s matrix: A- THE TATTY TRUTH
Listen to the song here
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How soon is now? - The Smiths,1985, Feb
How Soon Is Now?
I am the son
and the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
I am the son
And the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
Heaven Knows I’m miserable now
Release date: 1984, May
UK Chart: 10
Cover star: The ‘cover star’ is 1961 152.000 Pounds Pools winner Viv Nicholson who wrote a book call Spend Spend Spend after she went bankruptcy. The picture shows Nicholson standing outside her childhood home just after her husband had died.
Etchings on the single’s matrix:
7″· A- SMITHS INDEED / B- ILL FOREVER.
12″· A- SMITHS PRESUMABLY / B- FOREVER ILL
Listen to the song here
Poster Available Here
Heaven knows I
Heaven knows I’m miserable now
I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I’m miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I’m miserable now
In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don’t care if I live or die ?
Two lovers entwined pass me by
And heaven knows I’m miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I’m miserable now
In my life
Oh, why do I give valuable time
To people who don’t care if I live or die ?
William, it was really nothing
Release date: 1984, August
UK chart: 17
Cover star: Uncredited photograph of a man sitting on the edge of a bed for included in a 1982 advertisement for A.D.S. speakers (on the cover of the single a speaker can be seen on the bed). However due to legal reasons later pressings were replaced by Morrissey for a still of Billie Whitelaw from the film Charlie Bubbles, directed by Albert Finney, 1967.
Etchings on the single’s matrix: A- THE IMPOTENCE OF ERNEST / B- ROMANTIC AND SQUARE IS HIP ‘N’ AWARE
Listen to the song here
William, it was really nothing – The Smiths, 1984, Aug
William, it was really nothing
The rain falls hard on a humdrum town
This town has dragged you down
Oh, the rain falls hard on a humdrum town
This town has dragged you down
Oh, no, and everybody’s got to live their life
And God knows I’ve got to live mine
God knows I’ve got to live mine
William, William it was really nothing
William, William it was really nothing
It was your life …
How can you stay with a fat girl who’ll say :
“Oh ! Would you like to marry me ?
“And if you like you can buy the ring”
She doesn’t care about anything
Would you like to marry me ?
And if you like you can buy the ring
I don’t dream about anyone – except myself !
Oh, William, William it was really nothing
William, William