Status

Heatmiser song

Written By

Elliott Smith
Garrick Duckler

Recording Sessions

January-June 1994 (Musicraft Studio, Wilsonville, OR; and Nightcap Studios (aka Heatmiser House) and White Horse Studios, Portland, OR - Heatmiser - Cop & Speeder - 3 sessions)

Availability of Official Release

Cop & Speeder

Lyrics

Sweet Miranda made a burnin’ in my throat
And I’m slumped in the bathtub now like a sunken boat

So when will you leave me?
When will you leave me?
When will you leave me?
Leave me alone for a while?
‘Cause I can’t try to be happy without you

Leave me to my bourbon
It’s a private kind of thing
And don’t bother to tell me
What you really think

So when will you leave me?
When will you leave me?
When will you leave me?
Leave me alone for a while?
‘Cause I can’t try to be happy without you

‘Cause I left everything that meant something
So I could become something

If you ever see me in the arms of a gutter out in the 'burbs
Just say man he’s finally getting all the love he deserves

So when will you leave me?
When will you leave me?
When will you leave me?
Leave me alone for a while?

Note

It should be noted that this is not a Heatmiser revision of a Stranger Than Fiction, Murder of Crows, or Harum Scarum song. Garrick Duckler receives credit for the sole reason that Elliott utilized 1-2 lyrics Garrick wrote, from a song from one of those bands, while composing this otherwise purely original Heatmiser tune.

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