Elliott Smith - Waltz #2 (XO) | Info on every Elliott song!

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Elliott Smith Song

Alternative/Working Title

I’m Gonna Love You Anyhow

Written By

Elliott Smith

Recording Sessions

Mid 1997 (Jackpot! Studios, Portland, OR - Jackpot! session produced by Joanna Bolme) - uncirculating
March 1998 (Sunset Sound Studios; Sound Factory Studios, Los Angeles, CA - Waltz #2 Session)
April 1998 (Sunset Sound Studios; Sound Factory Studios, Los Angeles, CA - XO Strings Sessions) - additional tracking
June 1998 (Location Unknown, Portland, OR - Strange Parallel)
July 8, 1998 (KBOO Community Radio Studios - Portland, OR - Drinking from Puddles) - unofficially circulating
August 20, 1998 (MuchMusic Studios - Toronto, ON, Canada - MuchMusic) - unofficially circulating
September 1, 1998 (BBC Studios - London, UK - BBC Radio) - unofficially circulating
November 29, 1998 (NOB Audiostation 1, Hilversum, Netherlands - 2 Meter Sessies) - 2 versions recorded (solo and full band w/Quasi) and both officially released (one was aborted)

Availability of Official Release

A video clip of Elliott playing this song on a ukelele is featured in the documentary about Elliott entitled Strange Parallel.
XO
2 Meter Sessies Official YouTube Channel - aborted solo version
Het Beste Van 2 Meter Sessies 1987-2009

Lyrics (thanks to snowballinhell)

first the mic then a half cigarette

singing cathy’s clown

that’s/to the man that she’s married to now

that’s the girl that he takes around town

she appears composed, so she is, i suppose

who can really tell?

she shows no emotion at all

stares into space like a dead china doll

i’m never gonna know you now, but i’m gonna love you anyhow

now she’s done and they’re calling someone

such a familiar name

(such familiar names)

i’m so glad that my memory’s remote

‘cause i’m doing just fine hour to hour, note to note

here it is the revenge to the tune

(he’s gonna have his revenge to the tune)

(he knows the words but he can’t sing the tune)

“you’re no good!

you’re no good you’re no good you’re no good..”

can’t you tell that it’s well understood?

i’m never gonna know you now, but i’m gonna love you anyhow

i’m here today and expected to stay on and on and on

i’m tired

looking out on the substitute scene

still going strong

&there we belong&

xo, mom

(me and my mom(i love you, mom)

it’s ok, it’s alright, nothing’s wrong

(it’s all wrong)

tell mr man with impossible plans to just leave me alone

in the place where i make no mistakes

in the place where i have what it takes

i’m never gonna know you now, but i’m gonna love you anyhow

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