Elliott Smith

He played himself Didn't need me to give him hell He could be cool and cruel to you and me Knew we'd put up with anything I want to hurt him I want to give him pain I'm a roman candle My head is full of flames I'm hallucinating Hallucinating I hear y

The King's crossing was the main attraction Dominoes falling in a chain reaction The scraping subject ruled by fear told me Whiskey works better than beer The judge is on vinyl, decisions are final And nobody gets a reprieve And every wave is tidal I

here's the silhouette the face always turned away the bleeding color gone to black, dying like a day couldn't figure out what made you so unhappy shook your head to say no no no and stopped for a spell and stayed that way oh well, okay i got pictures

My mind's now black and white 'Cause you took apart a picture that wasn't right Bitch burning on a shining sheath The only maker that you'd want to meet A dying man in a living room Whose shadow paces the floor Who'd take you out any open door This i

Got a foot in the door God knows what for And he'll cut me down to size Stupidity tries Everything here is free Everything but you and me This painting never dries Stupidity tries So then a shoulder raised a cheer Coloring the sky with ash Because th

a cover of Hank Williams All my rowdy friends have settled down And they seem to be more in the laid back songs Nobody wants to get drunk and get loud Everybody just wants to go back home I myself have seen my wilder days And I have seen my name at t

Ballad Of Big Nothing Throwing candy out to the crowd Dragging down the main The helpless little thing with the dirty mouth who's always got something To say you're sitting at home now waiting for your brother to call I saw him down at the alley Havi

Between The Bars Drink up, baby, stay up all night The things you could do, you wont but you might The potential youll be that youll never see The promises youll only make Drink up with me now and forget all about the pressure of days Do what i say a

I took you to the train Stupid shit you just play I took the pictures in my head You look like a skeleton, a little dressy thing You just didn't care You're all getting drunk instead Seen how things are hard Seen how things are hard I love you though

You asked me to come down and watch the parade to march down the street like the Duracell bunny but we get away from the cavalcade throwing out candy that looks like money to people passing by they'd all seem to be going the other way So won't you fo

Georgia, Georgia It's been many miles Since I've seen your foggy smile Close up and personal Your arsenal of excuses You never told her When you walked out on the Savannah shoulder With your veins all full of beer Thinking, "Well, at least now everyt

Alphabet City is haunted Constantina feels right at home She probably won't say you're wrong But you're already wrong You're already wrong And you threw up whatever she shot down Said show me around this alphabet town Said show me around There's a na

Thought you'd be looking for the next in line to love then ignore Put out and put away And so you'd soon be leaving me along like I'm supposed to be tonight Tomorrow and everyday There's nothing here that you'll miss I can guarantee you this is a clo

either/or you're strong, you're stubborn now in an endless symbolic war brave or bored, either/or sometimes i ricochet from the past and at times a future i've already had before champion or chore, either/or. i'll write the pages you rip out back in

I'll fake it through the day With some help from Johnny Walker Red And the cold pain behind my eyes It shoots back through my head Two tickets torn in half And a lot of nothing to do But it's all right Some enchanted night I'll be with you Tarot card

I had tender feelings that you made hard But it's your heart, not mine, that's scarred So when I go home I'll be happy to go You're just somebody that I used to know You don't need my help anymore It's all now to you, there ain't no before Now that y

They're waking you up to close the bar The street's wet, you can tell by the sound of the cars The bartender's singing "Clementine" While he's turning around the "Open" sign "Dreadful sorry, Clementine" Though you're still he

Everything is exactly right When I walk around here drunk every night With an open container from 7-11 In St. Ides Heaven I've been out haunting the neighborhood And everybody can see I'm no good When I'm walking out between parked cars With my head

everything means nothing to me Someone found the future as a statue in a fountain at attention looking backward in a pool of water wishes witha blue songbird on his shoulder who keeps singing over everything Everything Means Nothing to Me Everything

He waved hello, silent like a mime There's no changing my mind I won't walk the stairs with you tonight Going nowhere The clock moved a quarter of a turn The time it took a cigarette to burn She said, "You got a lot of things to learn" Going now