Elliott Smith - Pretty Mary K (Either/or demos) - with video lyrics

[lah2482]

Love this song! You can feel the sadness in his voice, not just hear it but feel it.

[utarefsonmetushelac]

he's our contemporany baudelaire

[tillyandthepoo]

also landed myself in a mental hospital for four days, thats why i can relate to memory lane right now.

[acadx]

@tillyandthepoo

i know where your coming from i've been there too, isnt it nice elliott can at least make us feel something even if it hurts,

hope your doing well these days

[tillyandthepoo]

Divorcing a sailor.. this and memory lane, are the two songs that I cannot get enough of right now. even though Ive been a fan for a long time. ITs good to know what songs to help you through tough times.

[candymiser]

i heard a version a long time ago without the annoying drums in the background. [before new moon polished everything up and stuck it on a cd] i think it's a lot slower and eerier. i might have it saved on my computer somewhere. it's a lot less produced.

[MikeWeids]

Please upload it, I've been trying to find but I can't

[Kelise006]

well seeing how the orignial version of this song is "Everything's Okay" not pretty mary K, and prostitutes don't wear socks, the song is taken out of context. I don't think this song is about his mom or a prostitute, just someone he loved and lost. look up the original lyrics, you'll see what I'm sayin' :)

[candymiser]

i don't like how that little drum loop was added in the background!!! ARRGG FUCK! i want the original version with no drums! i think they were originally just there to help him keep tempo and then they were supposed to be taken off!

[Transmissionwould]

How do you know that it's a machine that wasn't intended? Just curious.

[radiofreeek]

exactly!

[Lovegood44]

I love this song...New Moon is amazing

[KirstyTheWeeYin]

the songs not about his mum, its about a prostitute, pretty mary k, shes got the pay from a sailor shoved down in her sock.. takes him into town.. elliott's fallen madly in love with her after well.. you know :P

RIP Elliott x

i miss you x

[grandmabilly2000]

I like how Elliott is only partial to Mary K and not Ashley Olsen I can relate to him on more levels than I thought. Kisses!

[BungleMainia]

thank you -- what a beautiful song. new moon is on par with other elliott albums. like i told my girlfriend, it was as if he was incapable of writing a shitty song -- constitutionally unable to write a half-assed song. he gave it his all, his heart shines through.

[localphenom]

this song is elliot in a sum..my favorite he ever wrote.somber and truth

[eitheror6903]

A few people consider that it may be about his mother. Since his mother's second husband physically and emotionally abused him as a child, the mixed emotions in the song are apparent, as well as talk of a "man" coming between them. We can't be sure of it's meaning but there's a lot to think about. Lovely video btw.