Status

Heatmiser song

Written By

Elliott Smith

Recording Sessions

January-June 1994 (Musicraft Studio, Wilsonville, OR; and Nightcap Studios (aka Heatmiser House) and White Horse Studios, Portland, OR - Heatmiser - Cop & Speeder - 3 sessions)

Availability of Official Release

Cop & Speeder

Lyrics

i must have looked hysterical trying to get away
riding on an avalanche of things you just don’t say
i wanted someone’s company, but to her i’m just some guy
and i got a busted lip on a silent night

i was in your car that night going out of town
i know something’s gotta go and i guess i’ll go now
white knuckles on the wheel and a pain above
that’s how mother nature treats everyone she loves

so drive out
so have a drink
got a silent busted lip
you wanna make me just like yourself 
till i lie in tatters

he’s looking at you now
like a little dove
true love blinking on and off
like a bad bulb
and when he breaks himself in two
you say you must be high
but people just always do
it makes them feel alive

so drive out
so have a drink
got a silent busted lip
you wanna make me just like yourself 
till i lie in tatters

hey little bird sing!
hey little bird sing!
hey little bird sing!
hey little bird sing!

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