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The Smiths – I Keep Mine Hidden (1987) | Track profile | Dork

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I Keep Mine Hidden

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I Keep Mine Hidden

Release date: 10th August 1987

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About This Track

"I Keep Mine Hidden" is a track by The Smiths, from the album Complete, released 10th August 1987. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

I Keep Mine Hidden

[Verse 1]

Hate, love and war

Force emotions to the fore

But not for me of course, of course

I keep mine hidden

[Chorus]

I keep mine hidden

But it's so easy for you

Because you let yours flail

Into public view

Ohh, oh-oh-oh

[Verse 2]

Yellow and green, a stumbling block

I'm a twenty-digit combination to unlock

With a past where to be touched

Meant to be mental

[Chorus]

I keep mine hidden

The lies are so easy for you

Because you let yours slide

Into public view

[Outro]

(Use your loaf!)

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Track details

From Complete

1987

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Release year

1987

—Vicar in a Tutu (Live in London, 1986)
—Bigmouth Strikes Again (Live in London, 1986)
—I Know It’s Over (Live in London, 1986)
—Frankly, Mr. Shankly - 2011 Remaster
2:19
—The Boy with the Thorn in His Side - 2011 Remaster
3:17
—Work Is a Four-Letter Word
—Jeane
—Handsome Devil (Live in Manchester)
—Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - 2011 Remaster
3:18
—The Draize Train (Live in London, 1986)
—Barbarism Begins at Home (Single Edit)
—Cemetry Gates (Live in London, 1986)
—I Keep Mine Hidden
—How Soon Is Now? (Single Edit)
—Is It Really So Strange? (Live in London, 1986)
—Meat Is Murder (Live in Oxford)
—London (Live in London, 1986)
—Reel Around The Fountain (Troy Tate Version)
—Rubber Ring / What She Said (Live in London, 1986) [Medley]
—The Draize Train
—Rusholme Ruffians (Peel session, August 1984)
—His Latest Flame / Rusholme Ruffians (Live in London, 1986) [Medley]
—Pretty Girls Make Graves (Troy Tate Version)
—Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - 2008 Remaster
3:13
—Panic (Live in London, 1986)
—Still Ill (Live in London, 1986)
—The Queen Is Dead (Live in London, 1986)
—Ask (Live in London, 1986)
—The Queen Is Dead - 2011 Remaster
6:27
—Cemetry Gates - 2011 Remaster
2:41
—Vicar in a Tutu - 2011 Remaster
2:24
—Girlfriend in a Coma - 2011 Remaster
2:03
—Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before - 2011 Remaster
3:36
—Bigmouth Strikes Again - 2011 Remaster
3:13
—How Soon Is Now? - Single Edit; 2008 Remaster
3:41
—What Difference Does It Make? - Single Edit:; 2008 Remaster
3:26
—Jeane - 2008 Remaster
3:05
—The Boy with the Thorn in His Side (Live in London, 1986)

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Johnny Marr, Morrissey
Producer: Grant Showbiz
Engineer: Step Parikan
Drums: Mike Joyce
Bass Guitar: Andy Rourke
Strings Arranger: Johnny Marr