Status

Elliott Smith Song

Written By

Elliott Smith

Recording Sessions

January - February 1995 (Uppinghouse Residence, Portland, OR - Self-Titled session)

Availability of Official Release

Self Titled

Lyrics

A low riding junkie girl
Rode down south to yr little world like a dream
You can do it if you want to
You can do it if you want to
You can do it if you want to be like me
I wouldn’t need a hero if I wasn’t such a zero
If I wasn’t such a zero
Good to go

All I ever see around here is things of hers that you left lying around
It’s all I ever see around here
She kicked new york like a curse
And you traced her footsteps in reverse up to queens
You can do it if you want to
You can do it if you want to
You can do it if you want to be like me
I wouldn’t need a hero if I wasn’t such a zero
If I wasn’t such a zero
Good to go

All I ever see around here is things of hers that you left lying around
It’s all I ever see around here
Some empty envelopes from some other town
It’s all I ever see around here
I’m waiting for something that’s not coming.

First known live performance

1998-05-29 (L'Européen, Paris, France)

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