Status

Elliott Smith Song

Written By

Elliott Smith

Recording Sessions

1996 (Smith Residence, Portland, OR - Either/Or Sessions)

Availability of Official Release

New Moon

Lyrics

Looking at all the rows-all these records look like big zeroes.
I got your picture on the back of a 45’,
A placeholder till I take up mine, a placeholder till I take up mine.

I’m the person you never meet, the biggest loser on 16th Street,
The invisible man with the see-through mind,
A placeholder till I take up mine, a placeholder till I take up mine.

Break off up in someone’s loft in midtown, round there, next to the square-
He likes the way that you look now, like an open book.

Just like my favorite song-some pretty words that didn’t last that long,
Like a package sent priority overnight.
Placeholder, come and take up mine. Placeholder, come and take up mine.
Placeholder, come and take up mine. Placeholder, come and take up mine.

First known live performance

No known live performances.

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