Status

Elliott Smith Song

Written By

Elliott Smith

Recording Sessions

January - February 1995 (Uppinghouse Residence, Portland, OR - Self-Titled session)

Availability of Official Release

New Moon

Lyrics

In Storyville I fucked a cop, amped up on prescription pills that brought my heart to a stop.
I wanna tell you there’s a riot coming-
Like a drug in the water, a punch in the stomach-makes sons into daughters.

I met a girl on the square who showed me how to kill my cares.
But once that’s done, man, there’s nothing to do-
Time’s running backwards for me and you-there’s a riot coming-
Like a drug in the water, a punch in the stomach-makes sons into daughters.
My body’s running but I don’t see why it bothers.

Sat down in jail with this friend of mine who never closed both his eyes-
But one was shut all the time to cover the thing he was scared of…
While he watched with the other…there was a riot coming-
Like a drug in the water, a punch in the stomach-makes sons into daughters.
There’s a riot coming. There’s a riot coming. There’s a riot coming.

First known live performance

1995-03-06 (Bottom of the Hill, San Franciso, CA, USA)

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