Status

Elliott Smith Song

Alternate Title

Coma Kid

Written By

Elliott Smith

Recording Sessions

January - February 1995 (Uppinghouse Residence, Portland, OR - Self-Titled sessions) 2 mixes recorded, each of which feature different drum/percussion tracks

Availability of Official Release

New Moon

Lyrics

Coma Kid told me how he’d come to follow you around wherever you go-
Said, “I don’t go where I’m supposed to go, and I don’t go really anywhere you know.”

Told me how he’s driven by a curse till he kicked out into reverse-
Said, “I don’t go where I’m supposed to go, and I don’t go really anywhere you know.
I made up my mind and I don’t mind saying so.
I went to meet you at Central Square, And when I couldn’t find you there, I went walking around the city some more, People watching with a cold blank stare-and I saw your face in everyone I swear.
Seems I never get your kick quite right. I was walking slow to a dirty dive.
I’m so sick and tired, trying to change your mind when it’s so easy to disconnect mine.
High times, high times, high times-yeah, I feel fine.
High times, high times, high times-man, I feel fine.
Don’t pick me up-I’m fine right where I am.
I don’t go where I’m supposed to go, where I’m supposed to go.”

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