Taking a Fall
Status
Elliott Smith Song
Written By
Elliott Smith
Recording Sessions
March 31, 1998 (Jackpot! studios, Portland, OR - Final Jackpot! XO Session) - unofficially circulating
Availability of Official Release
N/A
Lyrics
Took it like medicine, horrible in a hurry
Lots of plans go awry, nothing’s wrong, I won’t worry
But I rolled for a dollar on your advice
And I lost you bad because that’s the luck of the dice
Taking a fall
You don’t know who to call
Well, you don’t know who, do you?
Taking a fall
Why do the neighbor’s kids have to scream when they’re playing?
You know I never can understand what you’re saying
Then you won’t hear a word out of me
Because I know how indifferent someone can be
Taking a fall
You don’t know who to call
No, you don’t know who, do you?
Taking a fall
When there’s someone to call
But you don’t know who, do you?
Taking a fall
But you don’t know who, do you?
Taking a fall
Well, you don’t know who, do you?
Note
The Basement-era instrumental “Melodic Noise” contains the chorus melody of this song in reverse.
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