Status

Elliott Smith Song

Written By

Elliott Smith

Recording Sessions

Unknown if this song was ever recorded.

Availability of Official Release

N/A

Lyrics

we were talking about how things in the past
that you want to block out can kill you
anytime anytime anytime anytime now
how I don’t take advice and I don’t take offense
cos I know it could all make sense
anytime anytime anytime anytime now
how when you were a kid, how you must have been once
and you must have had plans for your future
anytime now
how I though I’d be tall, with a big hairy chest
and clothes from the mall I guess
oh anytime now
how you learned how to flirt
the first time I got hurt
and how we want to desert the army
anytime now
how I started too soon
when I didn’t have the touch
and look now with such revulsion
anytime now
and if you knew what you know now in the past
your first thought would be your last
oh anytime now
bought a simple machine I can put to my head
as soon as I’m sure I’m dead
oh anytime anytime anytime anytime now
but when we talk about the days that are already gone
I hear it all wrong, it sounds like
anytime now

Note

These lyrics were obtained by William Todd Schultz, the author of the psychobiography on Elliott, Torment Saint, during his research for the book. According to Schultz, there are several versions of this same written series of lyrics.

Audio

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