A punctured bicycle
On a hillside desolate
Can nature make a man of me yet ?

And in this charming car
This charming man


Why pamper life's complexity
When the leather runs smooth
On the passenger seat ?


I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care"


A jumped up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things


I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care"
Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, this charming man ...
Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, this charming man ...


A jumped up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things

This Charming Man 1983 http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBCGbbYXNO6wqPxKeQmqED2T1BouvBBBIESt3h-MQGijA1DAPA-ky2rS6_69ucp_6Jccharming man - the smiths' cover stories" /> 

Jean Marais from Cocteau's classic 1949 film "Orphée"

Hand In Glove 1983http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBD2Jzuw4lmBALe14K3tE6ZankwZS7DqbQgRjWNCzvlvQdeeRs1ie8sqDVXTZcSalRUcharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

George O'Mara ,taken by Lou Thomas of Target Studio in San Francisco circa 1972

It was lifted from Margaret Walter's 1978 book "The Nude Male"

What Difference Does It Make? 1984http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBB1YvdPsF0GjsJm1fDyn0EeYHc_tCsYYKKTyLYIOeQAglHxeJPcLa__GBR5zOLtRwccharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Terence Stamp from the 1965 movie "The Collector"

The Smiths 1984http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBDPSizafXBkBauUX7wPwsnoV_FLsnTcjvyV-hPpazfMuhvrUyVcWWaTmMkD4gaNpUgcharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Joe Dallesandro culled from Andy Warhol's "Flesh", directed by Paul Morrissey [1968]

Hand In Glove (by Sandie Shaw) 1984http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBAc778xPc8rLFuJKdLB4s5rVP83M1vtJTMO_9brwd3MySN89f1r3Ay-kTC2mKVr1k8charming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Rita Tushingham from "A Taste Of Honey" directed by Tony Richardson [1961]

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now 1984http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBBT7HtT1QTWNjsoqf4bXg8HM1oi4WFB1tb0QyZ7eFcQf0rozDKc1U3-MagmRd9677ocharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Viv Nicholson taken from her 1977 autobiography "Spend Spend Spend"

William, It Was Really Nothing 1984http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBCYMpKUfIoF07NDj1onO2VzUOv3H7hFGlBsUuBYF3KL-CzN8UNNo0-_S5OGKDxX4SYcharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

1980 to 1982 advertisement for A.D.S. speakers

Hatful Of Hollow 1984http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBBS9xDrJGDjR-sGiyLOYQJfM0X1zAv6gvtQLghomPHzNMRza_OFiyBlIliw0qvBhtMcharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

an anonymous fan of Jean Cocteau who tattoed a drawing by his idol

(from his book "Le Livre Blanc" ["The White Book"]) on his shoulder

How Soon Is Now? 1985http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBCLxSyE0wRdpc0Cngnhj4vPEaqWIQd7YkIhJFWn_0d-OnyveC_8LTchkymKiN0sQ5ccharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

 Sean Barrett taken from the 1958 movie "Dunkirk"

Meat Is Murder 1985 http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBCBoyNuJLA44roacEJ7NXKPXUrMWMjJkc2aajk5XuASgbMVQ878pb1PasMaG_OUj70charming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Emile de Antonio's "In The Year Of The Pig" film [1968].

Shakespeare's Sister 1985http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBAWjT_5nQfJEVOLf9q5AGU-NCgY1i3D6u2WSsdseSsXDBHUoxJqk8GOTTthyViks00charming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Pat Phoenix from the UK television programme "Coronation Street".

Barbarism Begins At Home 1985http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBB4mYwFP3MUdenZ08KtH9rGQMo2Xj1cnJQF3WUO-cWPOtjRASyGG9tOeZnBWVNESFocharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Viv Nicholson at the pithead, from her 1977 book "Spend Spend Spend"

The Headmaster Ritual 1985http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBDHgz1YK6sji9st_r9yW52PTYi0R3OpEIGMV-eCFJctUhi3QVCySnLhjQxhtL_bcPocharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

a young boy (played by Robert Duncan) dressed in a rodeo outfit,

taken from the 1965 movie "The Uncle"

That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore 1985http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBBz5SyQRR_3j98CdmCSFVNiDg3B2vzmvkcubVlgnim0vJj34wyny9V0ABbUgPljDbMcharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

 a Ukrainian movie from 1965 titled "The Enchanted Desna" by Julia Solntseva.

The Boy With The Thorn In His Side 1985 http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBCnVGmXVZP8PTqBMjrn1hRhEGEUtugFhTKRyxcdiFIYpWD2exQyvUmZ136xXn9KCL4charming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Truman Capote, photographed by Cecil Beaton in 1949

Bigmouth Strikes Again 1986http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBD4wQD9Kv4pjwr5htLuKPldrklw5cV1AtbR47zsSyti6bOTvvRkXXYDLCz1qrGMkO4charming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

James Dean photographed in 1948 by Nelva Jean Thomas

The Queen Is Dead 1986http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBDDpofTTtoY3EwwRd0d0Eyuxp8XujeZlp7zVHmbP5T2VL7Pb7ZdcFLtRIdKAoGqA34charming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Alain Delon from the 1964 film "L'insoumis" ("The Unvanquished").

Panic 1986http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBDYGHSDLLeCqMcn001L-3Kpj5FEG7kj3g29XtYKQ5F-ngj1K9D9PZi_PfcEZ9OUw0Ucharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Richard Bradford star of "Man In A Suitcase", 1967

Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others 1986http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBACuczuB1ftxiuicw6VAzbqQ3INF1_xBV-in8d0KfjKGTLVD0wx9RkqatHI8reHnOkcharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Yootha Joyce on the set of the 1965 film "Catch Us If You Can"

Shoplifters Of The World Unite 1987http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBC9l1cQIKHzqLHQMReb5GkST_NFGluKJ73o4N2L5tBzTfUtsVmH40MonkS4I6wYXrEcharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Elvis Presley photographed by James R. Reid (his hairdresser) in 1955

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 1987http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBDZCIsreedVWf0uy8FT2921UFfem-U1nlxM2upmEtRcEiwdgJQxLekhvy2li-2SwLscharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

a boy eating an ice lollie

The World Won't Listen 1987http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBC5021ptqtf7WdQaM4UsXLn9HfogR155mb0Lk1KZdyLJcIKES7qjwL-piZcCP4ELf8charming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

anonymous people by Jurgen Vollmer from the 1983 book "Rock'n'Roll Times".

Sheila Take A Bow 1987http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBDDqs10pkzN4wZccczFrY63Q4leVNzipjsthWWJUMuKfs4nxolaQtJ2dh-u0Nwgxvwcharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Candy Darling from the film "Women In Revolt" (1971).

Louder Than Bombs 1987http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBAEgXy6KTg0uVH2lCvhgUgFjzVCKXObgZOOUZH54tQoll66J_5B0VM4qVAzx5Dg1M4charming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Shelagh Delaney, photo from the Saturday Evening Post, 21 October 1961.

Girlfriend In A Coma 1987http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBCNgDM625OPFK-3wCkcwmtElg4ejFb0fCegqOlf2oy9j9UueGYD67iBhzdDG-OSzegcharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Shelagh Delaney from a 1961 edition of "A Taste Of Honey".

Strangeways Here We Come 1987http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBDrso83xJr-Xc_kPgzEI7VAjBjp8bgO0U9DNE1DS9tqpAmB-qXDduacEqT8UTJzZxwcharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Richard Davalos from the collection of David Loehr,

photographed during the filming of "East Of Eden".

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish 1987http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBAyqLdGWxHEc3MI3SWMozXqwpsYY9TazNLuuCm7NbMZ05GybX5wsK3VZ5S09OejPLgcharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Avril Angers from "The Family Way" (1966).

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before1987http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBAxLXYYZHNjbc25ipip5GRjGT8nurHwxn5L2nHyP3WiJPJthqDfScPtXfG45cd3vGQcharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Murray Head from "The Family Way" [1966].

Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me 1987 http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBBQc0Sj95dJsefWiGEegdVZOT4_ZtAmLC4UCfVANpzuqnmxyWc3qObjSl9l_Z3crSgcharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Billy Fury

Rank 1988http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBAIzEqnnipH2ZiVJmf_hdocBc7a9QZwhfD0EiNLOeWPa8D5zkeyuKJwMSb7B8w6hYYcharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Alexandra Bastedo (John D. Green Studios) taken from the book "Birds Of Britain".

Best...I 1992http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBCuqGpXePD4_QJZjjFi3noiCkrXUZUBugoOVB-vrbksiE841UsqdKunE8Bq3Y3A54Ucharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Richard Davalos from "East Of Eden".

How Soon Is Now" (1992 re-release)http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBB6KNlMLatl265Nr8edawC6HcvVxEukefYKkLPVY7pko3FKcm-BQ3Bi8fwjFWIiBWccharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Vanessa Redgrave and David Hemmings from the movie "Blow Up" directed by M. Antonioni.

Best...II 1992http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBBOD0NLacBYqMhtXIHcDSUp8xY6n77BVfdOr9DYsqMPuE_PI_AdJbRALc70AxfIm7Acharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Richard Davalos from "East Of Eden".

Singles 1995http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBBLFq4kWvoZJ3plbiqWuOdwbGuMblN1hsej2R8OP7lQRmfgPu_N1xxx8N6Wy1e_6Q8charming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Actress Diana Dors, a still from "Yield To The Night" (1956)

The Very Best Of The Smiths 2001http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBDyL-xS-LziUon9N0Lbg39XRxSfqWV9HdUxSl9L2W9MunMTlWuKSiSo05p-BA_PGTocharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />

Charles Hawtrey star of many Carry On films

http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1plljW0YHUfBBdGLElUwyMctAg5ob9D_mfxeCar-MwKItK8rFaKrk_kh8nMNwHEMZoe8cSAIzjtoEcharming man - the smiths' cover stories" />