Status

Stranger Than Fiction song

Written By

Garrick Duckler (lyrics)
Elliott Smith (music)
Jason Hornick (music)

Recording Sessions

June 26 - July 18, 1985 (??, Portland, OR - Stranger Than Fiction - Any Kind of Mudhen) - uncirculating

Availability of Official Release

N/A

Note

This song features Garrick on lead “altered vocals”. According to the psychobiography on Elliott, Torment Saint, this song begins with synthesized harpischord, with talking and laughing in the background, and at one point someone says “stop the tape.” The song ends with Elliott singing harmonies over a bass line.

Lyrics (partial)

Stop the tape

Her hair like the frog on an all beef patty…

Boy, did we look good…

We don’t have to be any kind of mudhens…

Audio

N/A