Status

Elliott Smith song

Written By

Elliott Smith

Recording Sessions

May 2001 - Spring 2002 (Satellite Park Studios, Malibu, CA - McConnell Sessions)
January-October 2003 (New Monkey Studios, Los Angeles, CA and Smith Residence, Los Angeles, CA - Sessions with Fritz Michaud) - additional tracking

Availability of Official Release

From a Basement on the Hill

Lyrics

i’ve been outside
invited in
but i couldn’t abide
wouldn’t miss it again
burning every bridge that i cross
to find some beautiful place to get lost
i had true love
i made it die
i pushed her away
she said please stay
burning every bridge that i cross
to find some beautiful place to get lost
to find some beautiful place to get lost
well i don’t know where i’ll go now
and i don’t really care who follows me there
but i’ll burn every bridge that i cross
and find some beautiful place to get lost
and find some beautiful place to get lost

Unknown version (from partial lyric sheet provided by William Todd Schultz):

(crossed out: the price was steep) (crossed out: you can’t buy love)
(crossed out: the price)
the sun’s gone up
the sky looks steep
I feel so tired
too tired to sleep
what a (crossed out: beautiful) (crossed out: horrible) (crossed out: colorful) (crossed out: damning day) (crossed out: horrible fate to get)
but what a beautiful place to be lost in
(underline/separation line)
I been outside
invited in
had reasons to hide
been discovered again
I been sticking around at all costs
‘cos it’s a beautiful place to be lost
(crossed out: I fell in love
I watched it die
been happy as hell) (crossed out: been too happy to ???…)
(crossed out: and and so/too sad to be all there)

From a Basement on the Hill version: