Status

Elliott Smith song

Written By

Elliott Smith

Recording Sessions

May 14-15, 2000 (Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA - Pretty (Ugly Before))
Fall 2001-Summer 2002 (Audobahn Recording, Los Angeles, CA - Sessions with Chris Chandler) - uncirculating

Availability of Official Release

Pretty (Ugly Before)
7-inches for Planned Parenthood (not a studio recording, soundboard recording of live performance from December 10, 1999, at Largo in Los Angeles, CA)

Lyrics

Sunshine been keeping me up for days
There is no nighttime, it’s only a passing phase
And I feel pretty, pretty enough for you
I felt so ugly before
I didn’t know what to do
Sometimes is all I feel up to now
But it’s not worth it to you, ‘cos you gotta get high somehow (*right now*)
Is it destruction that you’re required to feel?
Like somebody wants you, someone that’s more for real?
Sunshine been keeping me up for days
There is no nighttime, only a passing phase
And I’ll feel pretty another hour or two
I felt so ugly before
I didn’t know what to do
I felt so ugly before
I didn’t know what to do
I felt so ugly before
I didn’t know what to do
Ugly before

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