SON OF SAMSomething's happening, don't speak too soonI told the boss off, made my move, got nowhere to goSon of Sam, son of the shining path, the clouded mindThe couple killer each and every timeI'm not uncomfortable feeling weirdLonely leeved, options disappeared, but I know what to doSon of Sam, son of a doctor's touch, a nurse's loveActing under orders from aboveKing for a daySon of Sam, son of the shining path, the clouded mindThe couple killer running out of timeShiva opens her arms nowTo make sure I don't get too farI may talk in my sleep tonightCos I don't know what I amI'm a little like youMore like Son of SamLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/son-of-sam.html#ixzz2kXZ9o4ZpI 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 aint no before,Now that you're big enough to run your own showYou're just somebody that i used to know.I watched you deal in a dying day,And throw a living past away,So you can be sure that you're in control,You're just somebody that i used to know.I know you don't think you did me wrong,And i can't stay this mad for long,Keeping a hold of what you just let go -You're just somebody that i used to know.Link: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/somebody-that-i-used-to-know.html#ixzz2kXauf12JThe imitation picks you up like a habitRiding in the glow of the tv staticTaking out the trash to the manGive the people something they understandMistake a nervous flash for a fine-line smileJunk bond trader trying to sell a sucker a stockRich man in a poor man's clothesThe permanent installment of the daily doseAnd you tell me, "fool, you tell it like it is"Your wall's gone wider than your head trip isChecking into a small realityVoid as a drug you take too regularlyThe apple needs to laugh; the broken crutchThe first two folded at the slightest touchBrought down like an old hotelPeople digging through the rubble for things they can resell"happy holidays," said sid the saviourBelieve in love i still favourI won't take your medicineI don't need a remedyTo be everything i'm supposed to beI don't want nobody elseI can do it by myselfWe're meant to be togetherNow i'm a policeman directing trafficKeeping everything moving, everything staticI'm the hitchhiker you recognize passingOn your way to some everlasting...Better sell it while you canBetter sell it while you canBetter sell it while you canBetter sell it while you canLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/junk-bond-trader.html#ixzz2kXbAscqlI never really had a problem because of leavingBut everything reminds me of her this eveningSo if i seem a little out of it, sorryBut why should i lie?Everything reminds me of herThe spin of the earth impaled a silhouette of the sun on the steepleAnd i got to hear the same sermon all the time now from you peopleWhy are you staring into outer space, crying?Just because you came across it, and lost itEverything reminds me of herEverything reminds me of herEverything reminds me of herLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/everything-remembers-me-of-her.html#ixzz2kXbc9XUOSomeone found the future as a statue in a fountain atAttention looking backwardIn a bowl of water wishes with a blue songbird on hisShoulder who keeps singing over everythingEverything means nothing to meI picked up the song and found my pictureIn the paper the reflection in the water shouted"are you men still trying to salutePeople from a time when he wasEverything he's supposed to be?"Everything means nothing to meLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/everything-means-nothing-to-me.html#ixzz2kXbnfFIYThe gentleman's in the lane spinning his hat on a caneStepping out, out for a changeGood morning all, it's a beautiful dayThe general's winning the war that seems suicidal before you came alongNow i'll protect you as long as you'll stayLa morning had to come, i'd be walking in the sunLiving in the dayBut last night i was about to throw it all awayIf patience started a band i'd be her biggest fanLook at me, i'm talking to youI don't want the lead in your playThe star's just a part of the scene, the gentleman in greenPaying off out on the streetI can't go home, it's not on my wayLa things i've never done, cars parked in the sunLiving in the dayBut last night i was about to throw it all awayLast night i was about to throw it all awayLast night i was about to throw it all awayLast night i was about to throw it all awayLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/la.html#ixzz2kXcmuxafHe held his breathTo hold your handTo walk the stairsteps in pairsClimbing up the slippery slopeI'm in loveGod, i hope(?)Don't go home angelinaStay with meHanging around in the lost and foundHe kissed her quickFeeling weirdLonely (?)DisappearThis is such a simple placePassing timeGetting (?)Don't don't go go home angelinaMake tomorrow newDay breaksAnd every morning when he wakesHe thinks of youI'm aloneThat's okI dont mindMost of the timeI dont feel afraid to dieShe was here, passing byDon't don't go go home angelinaStay with meHanging around in the lost and foundStay with meHanging around in the lost and foundLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/in-the-lost-and-found-honky-bach.html#ixzz2kXctxxxbGot a foot in the doorGod knows what forAnd it'll cut me down to sizeStupidity triesEverything here is freeEverything but you and meThis painting never driesStupidity triesSo then a shoulderRaised a cheerColoring the sky with ashBecause they found some privateerTo sail across the sea of trashThe enemy is withinDon't confuse me with himThe truth is otherwiseStupidity triesAnd so i go from floor to floorLooking for a port of callAnother drunk conquistadorConquering the governor's ballI couldn't think of a thingThat i hope tomorrow bringsOh what a surpriseStupidity triesLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/stupidity-tries.html#ixzz2kXczjJuKYou'll take advantage 'til you think you're being used'Cos without an enemy your anger gets confusedI got stuck on a side you know I never choseBut it's all about taking the easy way out for you, I supposeThere's no escape for you except in someone elseAlthough you've already disappeared within yourselfThe invisible man who's always changing clothesIt's all about taking the easy way out for you, I supposeWell I watch you making mistakesI wish you luck, I really doWith the problem, with the puzzleWhatever's left of youI heard you found another audience to boreA creative thinker who imagined you were moreA new body for you to push around and poseIt's all about taking the easy way out for you, I supposeIt's all about taking the easy way out for you, I supposeLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/easy-way-out.html#ixzz2kXdSpD8cThe question is wouldn't mama be proud?There's a silver lining in the corporate cloudAnd the pretty pose that you're taking asAs an emcee, oh, of the great pretenderI should sure think soWouldn't mama be proud?"can i take your order?"Asks the heavenly hostTicket to the jetstreamBlowing coast to coastThe long stemmed glasses, a movieAnd a pleasant dream in mid airYou gotta tell me quicklyCos we're almost thereWouldn't mama be proud?If you look out your windowAnd the sky's gone blackWell kid you're on the right trackIf i send you postcardsFrom the side of the roadPhotographs of movingParts about to explodeIf i call to keep it togetherLike you say i can doTo transmit a momentFrom me to youWouldn't mama be proud?Wouldn't mama be proud?Wouldn't mama be proud?Wouldn't mama be proud?Link: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/wouldnt-mama-be-proud.html#ixzz2kXdaqUsncolor bars:I see color bars when i comeSargeant rock broke the key off in the lockTo where i come fromSir, no sir.We have no power in the airThe battle's on the groundLaying low again,High on the soundBruno s. is a man to meYou're just some dude with a stilted attitudeThat you learned from tvYou'll undoBut i'll be connecting everythingThe traffic in my townRiding high again,High on the soundEveryone wants me to ride into the sunBut i ain't gonna go downLaying low again,High on the soundLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/color-bars.html#ixzz2kXdvqDLFActivity's killing the actorAnd a cop's standing out in the roadTurning traffic awayThere was nothing she could do untill afterWhen his body'd been buried belowWay back in the dayOh myNothing else could have been doneMade his life a lie soHe might Never have to know anyoneMade his life the lie, you knowI told him that he shouldn't upset herAnd that he'd only be making it worseInvolving somebody elseBut I knew that he'd never forget herWhile her memory worked in reverseTo keep her safe from herselfAnd oh myNothing else could have been doneShe made her life a lie soShe mightNever have to know anyoneMade her life the lie, you knowWhat I used to be will pass awayAnd then you'll seeThat all I want now is happinessFor you and meWhat I used to be will pass awayAnd then you'll seeThat all I want now is happinessFor you and meWhat I used to be will pass awayAnd then you'll seeThat all I want now is happinessFor you and meAll I want now is happiness For you and meLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/happiness.html#ixzz2kXe1GFGIAlmost forgotStarted to sayRode into the sunAsked everyoneHalelujaPretty mary kI found faith in the infirmaryThere's a soldier lying in bedWith a wound to the headCalling out to pretty mary kHere's what you getFor things that haven't happened yetHappened upon pretty mary kBut a soldier's uniformWaved me awayWalk 'round the doorTalked to st. jamesThough i'm already doneAsk everyoneHave you seen herPretty mary kHave you seen herPretty mary kLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/pretty-mary-k.html#ixzz2kXeHjV5iwish you gave me a numberwish i could call you today,just to hear a voice. i got a long way to gogetting further away.if i didn't know the difference, living alone would probably be ok.it wouldn't be lonely.i got a long way to gogetting further away.a lot of hours to occupy it was easywhen i didn't know you yet,things i'd have to forget.but i better be quiet now,i'm tired of wasting my breathcarrying on, getting upset.maybe i have a problem,but thats not what i wanted to say.i prefer to say nothing.i got a long way to gogetting further away.had a dream as an army man with an orderjust to march in my placebut a dead enemyscreams in my facebut i better be quiet now, i'm tired of wasting my breathcarrying on, not over it yet.wish i knew what you were doing.why you want to do it this way.so i can't go the distance,i got a long way to go, i'm getting further away.i got a long way to gogetting further away.Link: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/i-better-be-quiet-now.html#ixzz2kXeRyLnVI have become a silent movieThe hero killed the clownCan't make a soundNobody knows what he's doingStill hanging aroundCan't make a soundThe slow motion moves meThe monologue means nothing to meBored in a role, but he can't stopStanding up to sit back downAnd lose the one thing foundSpinning the world like a toy topTill there's a ghost in every townCan't make a soundEyes locked and shiningCan't you tell me what's happening?Why should you want any otherWhen you're a world within a world?Link: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/cant-make-a-sound.html#ixzz2kXf6akuIEITHER ORHe's pleased to meet you underneath the horseIn the cathedral with the glass stained blackSinging sweet high notes that echo backTo destroy their masterMay be a long time til you get the call-upBut it's sure as fate and hard as your luckNo one'll know where you areIt's just a brief smile crossing your faceRunning speed trials still standing in placeWhen the socket's not a shock enoughYou little child what makes you think you're toughWhen all the people you think you're aboveThey all know what's the matterYou're such a pinball yeah you know it's trueThere's always something you come back running toTo follow the path of no resistanceIt's just a brief smile crossing your faceRunning speed trials standing in placeIt's just a brief smile crossing your faceRunning speed trials all over the placeLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/speed-trials.html#ixzz2kXgPsiPgYou walk down alameda shuffling your deck of trick cards over everyoneLike some precious only sonFace down, bow to the championYou walk down alameda looking at the cracks in the sidewalkThinking about your friendsHow you maintain all them in a constant state of suspenseFor your own protection over their affectionNobody broke your heartYou broke your own because you can't finish what you startWalk down alameda brushing off the nightmare you wishCould plague me when i'm awakeAnd now you see your first mistake was thinking that you could relateFor one or two minutes she liked youBut the fix is inYou're all pretensionI never pay attentionNobody broke your heartYou broke your own because you can't finish what you startNobody broke your heartYou broke your own because you can't finish what you startNobody broke your heartYou broke your own because you can't finish what you startNobody broke your heartIf you're alone it must be you that wants to be apartLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/alameda.html#ixzz2kXgVwyJNThrowing candy out to the crowdDragging down the mainThe helpless little thing with the dirty mouth who's always got somethingTo say you're sitting at home now waiting for your brother to callI saw him down at the alleyHaving had enough of it allSaid you can do what you want to whenever you want toYou can do what you want to there's no one to stop youAll spit and spite you're up all night and down every dayA tired man with only hours to go just waiting to be taken awayGetting in to the back of a car for candy from some strangerWatching the parade with pinpoint eyes full of smoldering angerYou can do what you want to whenever you want toYou can do what you want to there's no one to stop youNow you can do what you want to whenever you want toDo what you want to whenever you want toDo what you want to whenever you want to though it doesn't mean a thingBig nothingLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/ballad-of-big-nothing.html#ixzz2kXiPHCGiDrink up, baby, stay up all nightThe things you could do, you won't but you mightThe potential you'll be that you'll never seeThe promises you'll only makeDrink up with me now and forget all about the pressure of daysDo what i say and i'll make you okay and drive them awayThe images stuck in your headPeople you've been before that you don't want around anymoreThat push and shove and won't bend to your willI'll keep them stillDrink up, baby, look at the stars, i'll kiss you againBetween the bars where i'm seeing youThere with your hands in the air waiting to finally be caughtDrink up one more time and i'll make you mineKeep you apart deep in my heart separate from the restWhere i like you the bestAnd keep the things you forgotThe people you've been before that you don't want around anymoreThat push and shove and won't bend to your willI'll keep them stillLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/between-the-bars.html#ixzz2kXiUZKFtStart stop and startStupid acting smartFlirting with the flicksYou say it's just for kicksYou'll be the victim of your own dirty tricksYou got yourself to tease and displeaseDoors swinging wideYou walked in to hideLooking at your feetFailure's completeSaw you and me on the coin-op tvFrozen in fear every time we appearI'm not surprised and really, why should i be?See nothing wrongSee nothing wrongSo sick and tired of all these pictures of meCompletely wrongTotally wrongGo walking byHere come another guyJailer who sells personal hellsWho'd like to see me down on my fucking kneesEverybody's dying just to get the diseaseHey hey hey heyI'm not surprised and really, why should i be?See nothing wrongSee nothing wrongSo sick and tired of all these pictures of meCompletely wrongTotally wrongI'm not surprised and really, why should i be?See nothing wrongSee nothing wrongSo sick and tired of all these pictures of meOh everybody's dying just to get the diseaseEverybody's dying just to get the diseaseEverybody's dying just to get the diseaseLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/pictures-of-me.html#ixzz2kXk08cnpGot bitten fingernails and a head full of the pastAnd everybody's gone at lastA sweet sweet smile that's fading fastCause everybody's gone at lastAnd you don't get upset about itNo not anymoreThere's nothing wrongThat wasn't wrong beforeHad a second alone with a chance let passAnd everybody's gone at lastWell i hope you're not waitingWaiting around for meBecause i'm not going anywhereObviouslyGot a broken heart and your name on my castAnd everybody's gone at lastEverybody's gone at lastLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/no-name-5.html#ixzz2kXk81rn4They asked me to come down and watch the paradeAnd to march down the street like the duracell bunnyWith a wink and a wave from the cavalcadeThrowing out candy that looks like moneyTo people passing by that all seem to be going the other waySaid won't you follow me down to the rose parade?Tripped over a dog in a choke-chain collarPeople were shouting and pushing and sayingAnd when i traded a smoke for a food stamp dollarA ridiculous marching band started playingAnd got me singing along with some half-hearted victory songWon't you follow me down to the rose parade?Won't you follow me down to the rose parade?Won't you follow me down to the rose parade?The trumpet has obviously been drinkingBecause he's fucking up even the simplest linesI'd say it's a sight that's quite worth seeingIt's just that everyone's interest is stronger than mineAnd when they clean the street i'll be the only shit that's left behindWon't you follow me down to the rose parade?Won't you follow me down to the rose parade?Won't you follow me down to the rose parade?Link: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/rose-parade.html#ixzz2kXkPh9mBA wallflower punch talks to judyIn a crowded corner where anybody can listen inBut they don't read page to page or speak easyNow they're gonna go say the wordsIn the wrong order againThey walk in a circleThrough all the sidewalk scenes they used to be apart of one timeNow everybody just stares and whispersDriving around up and down division streetI used to like it hereIt just bums me out to rememberCan't you ever treat anyone nice?I think i'm gonna make the same mistake twiceThey draw the curtainWait for a callPretty lucky if they get any kind of response at allCan't you ever treat anyone nice?I think i'm gonna make the same mistake twiceI'm gonna make the same mistake twiceLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/punch-and-judy.html#ixzz2kXl7OWgFSomeone's always coming around here trailing some new killSays i seen your picture on a hundred dollar billAnd what's a game of chance to you, to him is one of real skillSo glad to meet youAngelesPicking up the ticket shows there's money to be madeGo on and lose the gamble that's the history of the tradeYou add up all the cards left to play to zeroAnd sign up with evilAngelesDon't start me trying nowCos i'm all over itAngelesI could make you satisfied in everything you doAll your 'secret wishes' could right now be coming trueAnd be forever with my poison arms around youNo one's gonna fool around with usNo one's gonna fool around with usSo glad to meet youAngelesLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/angeles.html#ixzz2kXlDnjRWShe's shaking downI'm absent and numb from shockReaching around for the hands of the clockShould've liedLit me up, it's my lieShould've lit me up, it's my lieShould've lit me up, it's my lieShould've lit me upCupid's trick comesDown to shake and dealThe stupid kick that makes me realShould've liedLit me up, it's my lieShould've lit me up, it's my lieShould've lit me up, it's my lieShould've lit me upShe's shaking downIt's never over and done.So, kick me, cane meThen i'll knowWhyLit me up, it's my lieShould've lit me up, it's my lieShould've lit me up, it's my lieShould've lit me upLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/cupids-trick.html#ixzz2kXlNQ0KNI'm in love with the worldThrough the eyes of a girlWho's still around the morning afterWe broke up a month agoWhen I grew up I didn't knowI'd be around the morning afterIt's always been wait and seeA happy day and then you payYou feel like shit the morning afterNow I feel changed aroundAnd instead of falling downI'm standing up the morning afterSituations get fucked upTurned around sooner or laterI could be another foolOr an exception to the ruleYou tell me the morning afterCrooked spin can't come to restI'm damaged bad at bestShe'll decide what she wantsI'll probably be the last to knowNo one says untill it showsSee how it is...They want you or they don'tSay yesI'm in love with the worldThrough the eyes of a girlWho's still around the morning afterLink: http://www.vagalume.com.br/elliott-smith/say-yes.html#ixzz2kXlSabnH