Oh Well, Okay
Status
Elliott Smith Song
Written By
Elliott Smith
Recording Sessions
March 31, 1998 (Jackpot! studios, Portland, OR - Final Jackpot! XO Session) - uncirculating
March-April 1998 (Sunset Sound Studios; Sound Factory Studios, Los Angeles, CA - Primary XO Sessions)
April 1998 (Sunset Sound Studios; Sound Factory Studios, Los Angeles, CA - XO Strings Sessions) - additional tracking
July 8, 1998 (KBOO Community Radio Studios, Portland, OR - Drinking from Puddles) - unofficially circulating
Availability of Official Release
XO
Strange Parallel (not a studio recording, clips of a professionally shot video recording of Elliott performing live on July 21, 1998 at Luna Lounge in New York, NY)
Lyrics
Here’s the silhouette, the face always turned away
The bleeding color gone to black, dying like a day
Couldn’t figure out what made you so unhappy
Shook your head to say no no no
And stopped for a spell
And stayed that way
Oh well, okay
I got pictures, I just don’t see it anymore
Climbing hour upon hour through a total bore
With the one I keep, where it never fades
In the safety of a pitch-black mind
An airless cell
That blocks the day
Oh well, okay
If you get a feeling next time you see me
Do me a favor and let me know
‘Cos it’s hard to tell
It’s hard to say
Oh well, okay
Oh well, okay
Oh well, okay
Audio/Video
XO version: