Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (single)

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THE SMITHS Single
Name	Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Release	21 May 1984
Length	3:35
Recorded	Fallout Shelter, Hammersmith, London
Writer/composer	Morrissey/Marr
Producer	John Porter
Art work	Viv Nicholson
Vinyl Etching	SMITHS INDEED (7" A-side) ILL FOREVER (7" B-side) SMITHS PRESUMABLY (12" A-side) FOREVER ILL (12" B-side)
Publisher	Rough Trade Records (UK) Sire Records (US)
Format(s)	7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
Chart position	UK #10
Single chronology
This Charming Man ← Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now → William, It Was Really Nothing

Track list

7" Vinyl

UK - []
US - []

– : (Morrissey/Marr) – : (Morrissey/Marr)

12" Vinyl

UK - []
US - []

– : (Morrissey/Marr) – : (Morrissey/Marr) – : (Morrissey/Marr)

CD Single

UK - []

– : (Morrissey/Marr) – : (Morrissey/Marr) – : (Morrissey/Marr) – : (Morrissey/Marr)

Lyrics

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 I 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 Why do I give valuable time To people who don't care if I live or I 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 "Oh, you've been in the house too long" she said And I naturally fled

In my life Oh, why do I give valuable time To people who don't care if I live or I die?

Music Video

Credits

• Performed On Top Of The Pops, BBC, 31 May 1984