Elliott Smith - No Name #1

Pictures of Elliott to No Name #1 from Roman Candle. LYRICS
At a party he was waiting
looking kind of spooky and withdrawn
like he could be underwater
the mighty mother with her hundred arms
swept all aside
i hate to walk behind other people's ambition
i saw you waiting
saint like
with your warning
leave alone
you don't belong here
he got nervous
started whistling
every thought a ricochet
did you notice?
well i wondered
what's the worst thing i could say?
and i froze up and sighed
you remind me of someones daughter
i forgot her
i forgot her name ashamed
go home and live with your pain
leave alone
leave alone 'cos you know you don't belong
you don't belong here
and when i go
don't you follow
leave alone
leave alone 'cos you know you don't belong
you don't belong here
slip out quiet
nobody's looking
leave alone
you don't belong here

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[daddycubjudah]

just curious is that nick drake at 2:47 on elliotts shirt??

[mymayapapaya]

@daddycubjudah if you mean 2:37 it's steve martin :) ... in an interview he said he hadn't heard of nick drake until people compared them

[friendofthedevil]

@mymayapapaya actually meant to ask....is that video somewhere on youtube, or do you know where its from?

[mymayapapaya]

@friendofthedevil well it might be on youtube but I may have read it ... sorry but I've read way too much on elliott to keep track, if I find it I'll let you know

[creepske]

i cant find him playing this song live. lamee.

[mymayapapaya]

I will send you a link

[visioncommission]

one of the best songwriters of the 20th century

[Unremarkable1000]

This song always cheers me up when I'm feeling like a loser.

[whiskerswendy]

fuckk. i can't not love this song

[lvacqua]

Anyone else hear "Good to Go" in this? At least bits of it..."wouldn't need a hero, if I wasn't such a zero..."

[momovomo]

does anyone else find that elliot wrote his songs about "you" even though alot of the time he was talking about himself? like regrets hmmmmm

[LawlessRick]

I've never seen him with short hair before. He looks really cool

[Malocclusiontenfour]

The title is especially appropriate, since the character in the song is feeling pretty nameless. Elliott certainly knew how to turn pain into art.

[MiGrandeCazzo]

This has to be quite possibly the most beautiful song Ive heard in in a long while!!! Rose City Pride right here! rip es

[misfitsg17]

@daddycubjudah No, it's Elliott

[staphinfection]

@halfbaked44 It has a title: No Name #1

[sicfuc66]

The name of this song should be "bad ass jam by a bad ass man"!