"Accept Yourself"
(Morrissey/Marr)

These lyrics are transcribed in light blue as they appear in the "Hatful Of Hollow" album and are reproduced here without permission. Variations between the printed lyrics and what is sung by Morrissey are indicated in darker text for additions and omissions are deleted.

Everyday you must say
oh 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
but dreams have a knack of just not coming true
and time is against me now
who and what to blame?
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
how do I feel about the past
others conquered love - but I ran
I sat in my room and I drew up a plan
but plans can fall through as so often they do ¹
and time is against me now
and there's no one left to blame
tell me when will you
when will you accept your life
the one you hate ²
for anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
everyday you must say
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
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
anything is hard to find
for heaven's sake ³
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
when will you accept yourself? ⁴
when?
when?
when?
when?

¹ In early versions of this song, plans, like dreams, "have a knack of not coming true" instead of falling through "... as so often they do".

² On the Peel session available on "Hatful Of Hollow", Morrissey sings "the one that you hate".

³ This is for the Peel session. On the studio version (from the "This Charming Man" single), Morrissey mumbles something undecipherable instead of "for heaven's sake".

⁴ On the studio version Morrissey sings "when will you accept your life?".