Shooting Star
Status
Elliott Smith Song
Written By
Elliott Smith
Recording Sessions
January-April 2001 (Two Beers & Everybody Sings; Chateau Brion - Los Angeles, CA - Brion Sessions) - uncirculating
May 2001 - Spring 2002 (Satellite Park Studios, Malibu, CA - McConnell Sessions) - officially released
Availability of Official Release
From a Basement on the Hill
Lyrics
You’ll make the scene like you always do
Going upstream down the avenue
To fuck some trophy boy that you’ll win tonight at the bar
So bad, so far
You’ll make him sad
Shooting star
When it was me I was momentarily proud
(Full of)/Drunk on dreams now I’m glad I didn’t say out loud
(Hoping)/You said you’d be for real (when I don’t)/but I don’t believe that you are
So bad, so far
You make me sad
Shooting star
You’re distant and cold and a sight to behold
Everybody just sighs
But no one gets on with you very long
‘Cos you don’t feel bad when you lie
I’m going to sleep now, (which I guess)/going back to find (step)/square one
Square two, beware, I can deal with the shit you’ve just done/(Step two is where I can deal with the thing you’ve just done)
It won’t be soon, to say the least it’s gonna be hard
So bad, so far
Your love is sad
Shooting star
Your love is sad
Shooting star
Note
In the lyrics above, parentheses refers to lyrics used by Elliott during the few occasions where he played this song live in 1998.
Audio:
Acoustic version (January 4, 1998):
From a Basement on the Hill version: