Status

Elliott Smith Song

Written By

Elliott Smith

Recording Sessions

March-July 1996 (The Shop, Humboldt County, CA - Primary Either/Or Sessions)

Availability of Official Release

Waltz #2 (XO) 7"

Lyrics

It’s one word, cover-to-cover
It’s an endless fuse
Chain-repeater never seems to get any smarter 

I’m always marking pages 
So that I don’t get confused
End up in a fight I never had any part of

Listen, naïve plaything
Coming over, clueless
Every time you call
An accident just waiting to happen
Still hasn’t found out
How to take a fall

Make me a present
Make it something sweet
Small enough to go unnoticed and big enough to compete

With this massive past that keeps
Blocking up my street
Looking for a new contender to disassemble

Listen, naïve plaything
Coming over, clueless
Every time you call
An accident just waiting to happen
Still hasn’t found out
How to take a fall
How to take a fall
How to take a fall

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