Album 'Elliott Smith' di Elliott Smith

Needle in the Hay (04:16)

Elliott Smith • Elliott Smith

your hand on his arm
Haystack charm around your neck
strung out and thin
calling some friend trying to cash some check
he's acting dumb
that's what you've come to expect
needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay
he's wearing your clothes
head down to toes a reaction to you
you say you know what he did
but you idiot kid
you don't have a clue
sometimes they just get caught in the eye
you're pulling him through
needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay
now on the bus
nearly touching this sturdy retreat
falling out 6th and powell a dead sweat in my teeth
gonna walk walk walk
four more blocks plus the one in my brain
down downstairs to the man
he's gonna make it all ok
i can't be myself
i can't be myself
and i don't want to talk
i'm taking the cure so i can be quiet
whenever i want
so leave me alone
you ought to be proud that i'm getting good marks
needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay

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02

Christian Brothers (04:30)

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No bad dream fucker's gonna boss me around
Christian brothers gonna take him down
But it can't help me get over, don't be cross it's sick what I want
I've seen the boss blink on and off
Fake concerns is what's the matter, man
And you think I ought to shake your mother fucking hand
Well, I know how much you care
Don't be cross it's sick what I want
I've seen the boss blink on and off
Come here by me I want you here
Nightmares become me, it's so fucking clear
Nightmares become me, it's so fucking clear

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03

Clementine (02:46)

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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 her man
it seems a long time gone
maybe the whole thing's wrong
what if she thinks so but just didn't say so?

You drank yourself into slow-mo
made an angel in the snow
anything to pass the time
and keep that song out of your mind

Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling
Clementine
Dreadful sorry
Clementine

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04

Southern Belle (03:06)

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Killing a southern belle is all you know how to do
that and give other people hell
it's what they expect from you too
but I wouldn't have you how you are

I don't wanna walk around
I don't even wanna breathe
I live in a southern town
where all you can do is grit your teeth
but I wouldn't have you how you are

How come you're not ashamed of what you are?
and sorry that you're the one she got?

Ain't nobody looking now
nobody nothing's said
no one's about to shout
nobody's seeing red
but I wouldn't have you how are

You're killing a southern belle
killing a southern belle
killing a southern belle

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05

Single File (02:26)

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Here in line where stupid shit collides
With dying shooting stars
All we got to show what we really are
Is the same kind of scars
And looking at you, all I see is
You're waiting for something

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You're a murder mile
You idiot kid
Your arm's got a death in it

Mmm...

If you're choking up, take this paper cup
But there's a price that you'll pay
For trying hard to become whatever they are
And saying whatever they say
So help yourself to this bitter pill
Or somebody else will

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You were murdered by
You idiot kid
Your arm's got a death in it

Single file
Single file
Single file
Single file

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06

Coming Up Roses (03:10)

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I'm a junkyard full of false starts
and I don't need your permission
to bury my love under this bare light bulb

the moon is a sickle cell
it'll kill you in time
you cold white brother riding your blood
like spun glass in sore eyes
while the moon does it's division you're buried below
and you're coming up roses everywhere you go
red roses follow

the things that you tell yourself
they'll kill you in time
you cold white brother riding your blood
spinning in the night sky
while the moon does its division you're buried below
and you're coming up roses eveywhere you go
red roses

so you got in a kind of trouble
that nobody knows
it's coming up roses everywhere you go
red roses

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07

Satellite (02:25)

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While the hands are pointing up midnight
You're a question mark coming after people
You watch collide
You can ask what you want to, the satellite
Cos the names you drop put ice in my veins
and for all you know your the only one who finds it strange
when they call it a lover's moon, the satellite
Cos it acts just like lovers do, the satellite
A burned out world you know, staying up all night
the satellite

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08

Alphabet Town (04:11)

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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 name you keep repeating
you got nothing better to do
and you're with someone who'll hear you say it and just not mind
her hand on your arm
her hand on your arm
she put her hand on your arm
and told you her name you can't pronounce it
i'll show you around this alphabet town
i'll show you around this alphabet town
i know what you are
i just don't mind
i won't say you're wrong
i know what you want
and it's what i want
so let's go out
i'm ready to go out
i'll show you around this alphabet town
i'll show you around this alphabet town

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