Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6, 1969 - October 21, 2003) was an American United States singer-songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha Omaha, Nebraska , Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland Portland, Oregon , Oregon, where he first gained popularity. His primary instrument was the guitar, but he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, bass guitar, drums Drum... [read more] - Cupid's Trick
She's shaking downI'm absent and numb from shockReachin' around for the Hands of the clockShould've liedLit me up, it's my lieShould've lit me up, it's my lieShould've lit me up, it's my lieShould've lit me up, it's...
- Speed Trials
He's pleased to meet you underneath the horseIn the cathedral with the glass stained blackSinging sweet high notes that echo backTo destroy their masterMay be a long time til you get the call-upBut it's sure as fate...
- Angeles
Someone's always coming around hereTrailing some new killSays "I've seen your picture on aHundred-dollar bill"What's a game of chance to you, here is one Of real skillSo glad to meet you, AngelesPicking up the ticket...
- Rose Parade
You asked me to come down and watch the paradeto march down the street like the Duracel bunnybut we get away from the cavalcadethrowing out candy that looks like moneyto people passing by they'd all seem to be going...
- Alameda
you walk down alameda shuffling your deck of trick cards over everyonelike some precious only sonface down, bow to the championyou walk down alameda looking at the cracks in the sidewalkthinking about your friendshow...
- Ballad Of Big Nothing
throwing candy out to the crowddragging down the mainthe helpless little thing with the dirty mouth who's always got something to say you're sitting around at home now waiting for your brother to calli saw him down in...
- Punch And Judy
a wallflower punch talks to judyin a crowded corner where anybody can listen inbut they don't read page to page or speak easynow they're gonna go say the wordsin the wrong order againthey walk in a circlethrough all...
- Pictures Of Me
start stop and start stupid acting smart flirting with the flicks you say it's just for kicks you'll be the victim of your own dirty tricks you got yourself to tease and displease doors swinging wide you walked in to...
- Between The Bars
Drink up, baby, stay up all nightWith the things you could do, you won't but you mightThe potential you'll be that you'll never seeThe promises you'll only makeDrink up with me now and forget all aboutThe pressure of...
- 2:45 AM
i'm going out sleepwalkingwhere mute memories start talkingthe boss that couldn't help but hurt youand the pretty thing he made desert youi'm going out now like a babya name unsatisfiable babygrabbing onto whatever's...
- Last Hour
Here's the armyThat you mowed to the groundAnd the bodies you left lying aroundTalking it outThe last hourI'm through trying nowIt's a big reliefI'll be staying downWhere no-one else gonna give me griefMess me...
- King's Crossing
The big problem is the main attractionDominoes are falling in a chain reactionThe scraping subject ruled by fear told meWhiskey works better than beerThe judge is on vinyl, decisions are finalAnd nobody gets a...
- Strung Out Again
You get what you seeI saw a rich *** giving charitySaw an evil emperor wearing my clothesTheir far from the bestBut they suit you better than the restJust looking in the mirrorWill make you a brave manI know my...
- Shooting Star
You'll make the scene like you always doGoin' up stream down the ave. to *** someTrophy boy that you won tonight at the barSo bad, so far. you'll make him sad, shooting star.When it was meI was momentarily proudI'm...
- Little One
One more little oneI'll go down and stay downSleep the rest of the dayDreaming music to calm downAnd stay down and keep evil awayI can see you asleepChanging your shapeDissolved in some dreamAs a new one appearsTo...
- Twilight
Haven't laughed this hard in a long timeI better stop now before I start cryingGo off to sleep in the sunshineI don't want to see the day when it's dyingShe's a sight to see, she's good to meI'm already somebody's...
- Don't Go Down
I met a girlSnowball in hellShe's as hardAnd as cracked as a liberty bellAnd I got her toCome on and move in with meAnd I said I'll find a better placeWhere we can spend eternityDon't go downDon't go downStay with me,...
- A Passing Feeling
Everything is gone but the echo of the burst of a shellAnd I'm stuck waiting for a passing feelingIn the city I built up and blew to hellI'm stuck here waiting for a passing feelingStill I send all the timeMy request...
- A Fond Farewell
The litebrite's now black and whiteCause you took apart a picture that wasn't rightPitch burning on a shining sheetThe only maker that you'd want to meetThe dying man in a living roomWho's shadow paces the floorWho'll...
- Memory Lane
This is the placeYou'll end up whenYou lose the chaseWhere you're dragged against your willFrom a basement on the hillAll anybody knows isYou're not like themThey hit you in the headAnd send you back to bedIsolation...
- Coast To Coast
Last stop for a resolutionEnd of the line, is it confusion?So go. Go see whats there for youNothing new, nothing new for you to useI've got no new act to amuse youI've got no desire to use you, you knowBut anything...
- Let's Get Lost
There are signsDividing inThat I couldn't abideI wouldn't miss it againBurning every bridge that I crossTo find some beautiful place to get lostI had true loveBut made it diePushed out of the wayShe said please...
- A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free
I'm floating in a black balloonI must make it through this afternoonShame shifting shadow down driftingWay out of townAnd all you ladies and you gentlemanUnhappy where you could have beenDrive people like you drive a...
- Pretty (Ugly Before)
Sunshine, been keeping me up for daysThere is no night time, it's only a passing phaseAnd I feel pretty, pretty enough for youI felt so ugly before, I didn't know what to doSometimes is all I feel up to nowBut it's...
- Catch Me If You Can
I'll take an ear to feed the pigsI'll bleed them all to get my fixA hookers scream heard around the worldMy sharpened knife begs to exploreThe N.Y.P.D. ain't got shit on meI carve them up with the flick of my...
- I Am Going To Kill The President Of The United States Of America
If this is the front lineThere's no hope for the world [x2]Devils!We're raised by *** devilsWho've been raised by *** devilsWearing our saviors as skins [x2]How can I believe what you say?Your propaganda...
- Bodysnatchers 4 Ever
A second chance, take a life, another missionTo steal a kiss from borrowed lips, to taste your prison.It feels like a lifetimeOf leaving bodies on the sidelines.I swear to God, girl, you're never gonna regret...
- Amity
Amity, Amity, Amity, Amity, Amity, Amity, Amity caught starsIn her armsHello, Hello Kitty happy in New York City Amity walking like a lucky CharmI'm a neon sign and I stay open all the timeSo let's go, go, go, goAmity...
- Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
everybody cares, everybody understandsyes everybody cares about youyeah and whether or not you want them toit's a chemical embrace that kicks you in the headto a pure synthetic sympathy that infuriates you totallyand...
- This Song Is About Being Attacked By Monsters
We need a doctor, a *** doctorThey're coming in through the windowsand breaking through all the boards I nailed up.They look like they've been through hell and backand have one thing on their minds.We need a...
- Waltz #1
Everytime the day darkens downAnd goes away, pictures openIn my head of me and youSilent and cliché all the thingsWe did and did't sayCovered up, by what we did and didn't doGoing throughEvery hour I used to cope to...
- Waltz #2
first the mic then a half cigarettesinging cathy's clownthat's the man that she's married to nowthat's the girl that he takes around townshe appears composed, so she is, i supposewho can really tell?she shows no...
- 5th Period Massacre
Revenge!Revenge!Revenge!Revenge!Killed my hopes (Revenge!)Called me names (Revenge!)Broke my jaw (Revenge!)It's always the same (Revenge!)Nobody listensNobody listensNobody listensThere's no escapeI'm just like...
- Independence Day
A future butterfly, gonna spend the dayHigher than highYou'll be a beautiful confusion, oohOnce I was youAh, ah...I saw you caught between all the people outMaking a sceneIn a bright, ideal tomorrow, oohDon't go too...
- Bottle Up And Explode!
bottle up and explode over and over keep the troublemaker belowput it away and check out for the dayand in for a round of overexposurethe thing mother nature provides to get up and gobottle up and explode seeing the...
- Bled White
I'm a color reporter (rose city on the 409)But the city's been bled white (white city on the yellow line)And the doctor orders (drinking till he's trashed is just a waste of time)He drinks all night to take away this...
- Tomorrow, Tomorrow
Everybody knows which way you goStraight to overNo one wants to see you inside of meStraight to overI heard the hammer at the lockSay you're deaf and dumb and doneGive yourself another talkThis time make it sound like...
- My Lovenote Has Gone Flat
My eyes are burning redAnd thoughts of murder run through my headOh my eyes are bloodshot redPut a bullet right through my headI am my own bomb, I am my own slaveI hate my life now, and all of this is because of...
- Pitseleh
I'll tell you why IDon't wanna know where you areI gotta joke I've been dying to tell youSilent kid is lookingDown the barrelTo make the noise that I kept so quietKept it from you, PitselehI'm not what's missingFrom...
- Sweet Adeline
ut this picture into you and meBurn it backwards, kill this historyMake it over, make it stay awayOr hate'll sing the ending thatLove started to sayThere's a kid a floor below me singingBrother can you spare sunshine...
- Your Friends Are Full Of Shit
I can't pretend that I can stomach your faceI can't believe the shit that comes outI'll never forget, never relent, never recantMy face is too far goneBeen walking forever, caring about what you thinkThat's what...
- Oh Well, Okay
Here's the silhouette the face always turned awaythe bleeding color gone to blackdying like a daycouldn't figure out what made you so unhappyshook your head to say no no noand stopped for a spelland stayed that wayoh...
- I Didn't Understand
thought you'd be looking for the next in line to love then ignoreput out and put awayand so you'd soon be leaving me alone like i'm supposed to be tonight,tomorrow and everydaythere's nothing here that you'll missi...
- Sunsets Are For Muggings
This is for the kids who ain't got no soulNever think twice, got nowhere to goThis is for the pills that never *** workBut it's hard to see blood on a black t-shirtThey'll never understandCause they were...
- A Question Mark
i got a question markyou got a need to always take some shot in the darki don't have to make pretend the picture i'm in is totally clearyou think that all things have a way they ought to appear'cos you know you know...
- Murder Was The Case That They Gave Me
I've tried so hard to keep it together.My blood runs cold, I clench my fists.(You're so empty!)I'll seize the day by its throat and watch it die!The last thing you see will be my face.Remember this face!This...
- Baby Britain
Baby Britain feels the bestFloating over a sea of vodkaSeparated from the restFights problems with bigger problemsSees the ocean fall and riseCounts the waves that somehow didn't hit herWater pouring from her...
- I Better Be Quiet Now
Wish you gave me your numberWish I could call you today, just to hear a voiceI got a long way to goI'm getting further awayIf I didn't know the difference living alone'd probably be okIt wouldn't be lonelyI got a long...
- Pretty Mary K
Almost forgotStarted to sayRode into the sunPast everyoneHallelujah, pretty Mary KI found faith in the infirmaryThere's a soldier lying in bed With a wound to the headCalling out to pretty Mary KHere's what you get...
- Wouldn't Mama Be Proud
The question is wouldn't mama be proud?There's a silver lining in the corporate cloudAnd the pretty post that you're taking as an NCOOf the great pretenderI should sure think soWouldn't mama be proud"Can I take your...
- Everything Means Nothing To Me
Someone found the future as a statueIn a fountain At attention looking backward in aPool of waterWishes with a blueSongbird on his shoulder Who keeps singing over everythingEverything means nothing to meEverything...
- Easy Way Out
You'll take advantage 'til you think you're being used'Cause without an enemy your anger gets confusedI got stuck on the side you know I never choseBut it's all about taking the easy way out for you I supposeThere's...
- Happiness
Activity's killing the actorAnd a cop's standing out in the road Turning traffic awayThere was nothing she could do until afterWhen his body'd been buried belowWay back in the dayOh my, nothing else could've been...
- Stupidity Tries
Got a foot in the doorGod knows what forAnd he'll cut me down to sizeStupidity triesEverything here is freeEverything but you and meThis painting never driesStupidity triesSavannah shoulder raised a cheer Coloring the...
- Color Bars
I see color bars when I comeSargeant Rock broke the key off in the lock to where I come fromSir, no sir, we have no power in the airThe battle's on the groundLaying low again, high on the soundBruno S. is a man to...
- Junk Bond Trader
The imitation picks you up like a habitRiding in the glow of the TV staticTaking out the trash to the manGive the people something they understandMistake a nervous flash for a fine-line smileJunk bond trader trying to...
- Can't Make A Sound
I have become a silent movieThe hero killed the clownCan't make a soundCan't make a soundCan't make a soundNobody knows what he's doingStill hanging aroundCan't make a soundCan't make a soundCan't make a soundCan't...
- L.A.
The gentleman's in the laneSpinning his hat on a caneStepping out, out for a changeGood morning all, it's a beautiful dayThe generals are winning a warSeemed suicidal beforeYou come along, nowI'll protect you long as...
- Son Of Sam
SomethingÂ’s happeningDonÂ’t speak too soonI told the boss off, made my moveGot nowhere to goSon of SamSon of the shining path, the clouded mindThe couple killer each and every timeIÂ’m not uncomfortable feeling...
- Everything Reminds Me Of Her
I never really had a problem because of leavingBut everything reminds me of her this eveningSo if I seem a little out of itSorryBut why should I lieEverything reminds me of herThe spin of the earth impaled a...
- Somebody That I Used To Know
I had tender feelings that you made hardBut its your heart not mine thats scarredSo when I go home I'll be happy to goYou're just somebody that I used to knowYou don't need my help anymoreIts all now to you, there...
- In The Lost And Found (Honky Bach)
He held his breath To hold your handTo walk the stairsteps in pairsClimbing up the slippery slopeI'm in loveGod, I hope Don't go home AngelinaStay with me Hanging around in the lost and foundHe kissed her quickFeeling...
- Come Out Now
Come Out NowMy flower would not unfold, always waiting for some sunnier day.quiet and patient,but afraid and hidden away.When your awful truth's been told, matter of fact and i can't take it back and i wouldn't want...
- How To Take A Fall
it's one word cover-to-coverit's an endless fusechain-repeater never seems to get any smarter i'm always marking pages sothat i don't get confusedend up in a fight i never had any part oflisten naïve playthingcoming...
- Say Yes
i'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girlwho's still around the morning afterwe broke up a month ago and i grew up i didn't knowi'd be around the morning afterit's always been wait and seea happy day and...
- Good To Go
a low riding junkie girlrode down south to yr little world like a dreamyou can do it if you want toyou can do it if you want toyou can do it if you want to be like mei wouldn't need a hero if i wasn't such a zeroif i...
- Single File
here in line where stupid shit collides withdying shooting stars all we got to showwhat we really are is the same kind of scarsand looking at you all i see is your waitingfor something single file you're a murder...
- Alphabet Town
alphabet city is hauntedconstantina feels right at homeshe probably won't say you're wrongbut you're already wrongyou're already wrongand you threw up whatever she shot downsaid show me around this alphabet townsaid...
- Coming Up Roses
i'm a junkyard full of false startsand i don't need your permissionto bury my love under this bare lightbulbthe moon is a sickle-celli'll kill you in timeyour cold white brother alive in your bloodlike spun glass in...
- Satellite
while the hands are pointing up midnightyou're a question mark coming after people you watched collideyou can ask what you want to the satellitecos the names you drop put ice in my veinsand for all you know you're the...
- The White Lady Loves You More
keep your things in a place meant to hidebut i know they're there somewhereand i know that's where you'll go tonighti'll be thrown over just like beforethe white lady loves you moreneed a metal man just to pick up...
- The Biggest Lie
'm waiting for the trainthe subway that only goes one waythe stupid thing that will come to pull us apartand make everybody lateyou spent everything you hadwanted everything to stop that badand now i'm a crushed...
- St. Ides Heaven
everything is exactly rightwhen i walk around here drunk every nightwith an open container from 7-11in st. ides heaveni've been out haunting the neighborhoodand everybody can see i'm no goodwhen i'm walking out...
- Christian Brothers
no bad dream ***er's gonna boss me aroundchristian brothers gonna take him downbut it can't help me get overdon't be cross it's sick what I wanti've seen the boss blink on and offfake concerns is what's the matter,...
- Needle In The Hay
Your hand on his armThe hay stack charm around your neckStrung out and thinCalling some friend trying to cash some checkHeÂ’s acting dumbThatÂ’s what youÂ’ve come to expectNeedle in the hayNeedle in the hayNeedle in...
- Southern Belle
killing a southern belle is all you know how to dothat and give other people hellit's what they expect from you toobut i wouldn't have you how you wanti don't wanna walk aroundi don't even want to breathei live in a...
- High Times
coma kidtell me how you come to follow you around where ever you gosaid i donÂ’t go, where i'm supposed goand i donÂ’t go, really anywhere you knowtold me how hes driven by a curse, 'til he kicked out into reversesaid...
- Thirteen
Thirteen(Big Star Cover)Won't you let me walk you home from school?won't you let me meet you at the pool?maybe friday i can,get tickets from the dance,and i'll take you,ooo ooo ooo.Won't you tell your dad get off my...
- Stickman
StickmanI see if youÂ’re shooting blanksout of emptinessainÂ’t nothing that he want to killmaybe your time I guesssit and spin the world and its flipsideand i listen backwards for meanings'cause iÂ’m a stickmanI trawl...
- Dancing On The Highway
Dancing On The HighwayHere if you want melistening so closefrom far awaymemorizing what you told melike a foreigneron holiday smiling at confusionfilling in the cracks, before you sleepdancing on the highwaythe broken...
- Because
Ah, because the world is roundit turns me onBecause the world is roundAh, because the wind is highit blows my mindBecause the wind is highAh, love is old, love is newLove is all, love is youBecause the sky is blueit...
- Last Call
Last CallHe was sick of it allAsleep at homeTold you off and goodbyeWell you know one day it'll come to haunt youThat you didn't tell him quite the truthYou're a crisisYou're an icicleYou're a tongueless talkerYou...
- Condor Ave.
she took the oldsmobile out past condor avenueand she locked the car and slipped pastinto rhythmic quietudelights burningvoice dry and hoarsei threw the screen door like a bastard back and forththe chimes fell over...
- No Name #2
Concrete hands picked up the telephone ringDo you know who you're talking to?No, and I don't care whoShe whispered quiet terror newsHe didn't give a hootSaid do what you have to doAll she had to do was speakMouthpiece...
- Roman Candle
he played himselfdidn't need me to give him hellhe could be cool and cruel to you and meknew we'd put up with anythingi want to hurt himi want to give him paini'm a roman candlemy head is full of flamesi'm...
- No Name #1
At a party he was waitingLooking kind of spooky and withdrawnLike he could be underwaterThe might mother with her hundred armsSwept all asideI hate to walk behind other people's ambitionsI saw you waitingSaint...
- No Name #3
we arrived too lateour mouths were openingi turned off the lightso come on nightyou're a witness youyou've seen me interrupta good old fashioned fightso come on nighteveryone is gonehome to oblivionhome to...
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