Status
Heatmiser Song
Written By
Elliott Smith
Recording Sessions
November 1995 - March 1996 (Heatmiser House, Portland, OR - Heatmiser - Mic City Sons)
April 1996 (Smith Residence, Portland, OR - Rob Jones)
Mid 1995 - Mid 1996 (Heatmiser House - Portland, OR - Mary Lou) - unofficially circulating
Availability of Official Release
Mic City Sons (Heatmiser version)
New Moon (solo acoustic version, Rob Jones version)
Lyrics
You got a choke chain made out of Nightrain
To keep your memory down
In quicksand from the main man
To get everything out.
Always out on a joyride, lay it out from insides
Always at a dead stall
From sticking pins into miniature men
Who can’t feel it at all.
See you later, see you later
If I see you at all
See you later.
Walk through thick mud looking for new blood
Thinking I heard your name
Cruel imagination is still giving me pain
Just to find you with the masterminder
Of one of your little affairs,
Saying how he loves you now
Let me show you how much I care
See you later, see you later
If I see you at all.
Early version
You got a choke chain made out of Nightrain
To keep your memory down
In quicksand from the main man
To get everything out.
Always out on a joyride, lay it out from insides
Always at a dead stall
From sticking pins into miniature men
Who can’t feel it at all.
See you later, see you later
If I see you at all
See you later.
You’re all dry mud
Got no real blood
Running in your veins
You’ll swallow all tomorrows
Getting drunk today
‘Cos matter fact it just don’t matter
What it is you got
If it hurts well you know what it’s worth
When you know that it won’t stop
See you later, see you later
If I see you at all
See you later, see you later
If I see you at all
See you later, see you later
If I see you at all
See you later.
First known live performance
1996-03-30 (Westbeth Theatre, New York, NY, USA)
Notes
Solo acoustic version has a verse “We were out on a joy ride, fucked up from insides” instead of “Always out on a joyride, lay it out from insides”.
Audio
Heatmiser version:
Solo acoustic version: