Status

Elliott Smith Song

Alternative Title/Version

Kicks and Pricks

Written By

Elliott Smith

Recording Sessions

March-July 1996 (The Shop, Humboldt County, CA - Primary Either/Or Sessions) - two vocal takes recorded, one is unofficially circulating

Availability of Official Release

Either/Or

Lyrics

Either/Or version:

She’s shaking down
I’m absent and numb from shock
Reachin’ around for the 
Hands of the clock

Should’ve lied

Lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up

Cupid’s trick comes 
Down to shake and deal
A stupid kick that 
Makes me real

Should’ve lied

Lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up

She’s shaking down
It’s never over and done
So kick me, cane me
And I’ll know

Why

Lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up

Alternative vocal take:

She’s shaking down
I’m absent and numb from shock
Reachin’ around for the 
Hands of the clock

Should’ve lied

Lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up

Kicks and pricks
It’s all I ever feel
Something clicks and
Makes me real

Should’ve lied

Lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up

She’s shaking down
It’s never over and done
So kick me, cane me
And I’ll know

Why

Lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up, it’s my lie
Should’ve lit me up

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