Status
Elliott Smith Song
Alternate/Working Title
Just Between Us
Written By
Elliott Smith
Recording Sessions
1994 (Janet Weiss & Sam Coomes’ Residence, Portland, OR - Self-Titled session) - instrumental
May 2001 - Spring 2002 (Satellite Park Studios, Malibu, CA - McConnell Sessions) - unofficially circulating (instrumental)
October 19-20, 2003 (New Monkey Studios, Los Angeles, CA - Final Recordings) - unofficially circulating (vocals and additional tracking)
Availability of Official Release
Elliott Smith Alternate Versions
Lyrics
i saw you with mr goodmorning
some velvet rope on the curb
he gave me the stormiest warning
you hung your head like a sign that said ‘do not disturb’
don’t try being part of my life
it isn’t gonna get you anywhere
go by, just between us
you know don’t you know how much i care?
i made the interior landscape
you’ll soon be walking it through
ruining the ruins of ruins
all of the beautiful things that i made once for you
don’t try being part of my life
it isn’t gonna get you anywhere
go by, just between us
you know don’t you know how much i care?
like nothing happened at all
don’t come by, don’t hang around and don’t call
i’ll be kicking your memory’s ass like my shot glass
i saw you with mr goodmorning
i saw you with mr goodmorning
don’t try being part of my life
it isn’t gonna take your pain away
i’m fine, strong with my life
feeling stronger every single day
feeling stronger every single day
2000 lyrics as performed live
i saw you with mr goodmorning
some velvet rope on the curb
he gave me a wink for a warning
i saw “do not disturb me”, oh
don’t try reading my mind
it isn’t gonna get you anywhere
going by, just between us
i won’t cry i wasn’t even there
i made the interior landscape
where he’s been dancing with you
floating like a leaf on the water
nowhere that i’m going to now, no
don’t try reading my mind
it isn’t gonna get you anywhere
going by, just between us
i won’t cry i wasn’t even there
but you could do but you won’t
i want future and you don’t
the less I care about what you want
i saw you with mr goodmorning
there’s been some others before
and when you’ve decided he’s boring
that’s when he’ll think he adores you
don’t try reading my mind, it isn’t gonna get you anywhere
going by, just between us
i won’t cry i wasn’t even there
Note:
In his final interview, Elliott indicated that the instrumental he had recorded with McConnell included a live version of the intro and outro (which is from the show performed at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, GA on May 8, 2000) as a placeholder for a studio intro and outro he would be recording. Sources present revealed that the vocals were added on Elliott’s last day or so alive, in his final studio session. We have attempted to mix the two versions below as Elliott had indicated.
Audio (studio version mixed with live intro and outro from original instrumental):