Elliott Smith - "Needle in the hay" (album: "Elliott Smith" - Kill Rock Stars, 1995)

Your hand on his arm

The haystack charm

Around your neck

Strung out and thin

Calling some friend

Trying to cash some check

He's acting dumb

That's what you've come

To expect

Needle in the hay

Needle in the hay

Needle in the hay

Needle in the hay

He's wearing your clothes

Head down to toes

A reaction to you

You say you know what he did

But you idiot kid

You don't have a clue

Sometimes they just

Get caught in the eye

You're pulling him through

Needle in the hay

Needle in the hay

Needle in the hay

Needle in the hay

Now on the bus

Nearly touching

This dirty retreat

Falling out

6th and Powell

A dead sweat in my teeth

Going to walk, walk, walk

Four more blocks

Plus the one in my brain

Down downstairs

To the man

He's going to make it all ok

I can't beat myself

I can't beat myself

And I don't want to talk

I'm taking the cure

So I can be quiet

Whenever I want

So leave me alone

You ought to be proud

That I'm getting good marks

Needle in the hay

Needle in the hay

Needle in the hay

Needle in the hay

Needle in the hay

Needle in the hay

Needle in the hay

Needle in the hay

(Από τις πρώτες, unplugged στιγμές του Elliot Smith, πριν αναζητήσει έμπνευση στον "θόρυβο". Μου "τον έκαναν δώρο" κάτι χρόνια πριν. Δώρο μιας καλής φίλης - ήταν το δώρο-αντάλλαγμα μου γιατί, το ίδιο βράδυ της είχα "μάθει" τους Ulver. Ξέρετε, αυτά τα ωραία παιχνιδάκια που κάνουν όσοι αγαπάνε τη μουσική. Οι πιο καμμένοι από δαύτους, τέλος πάντων. Ο Smith αυτοκτόνησε με μαχαιριά στο στήθος τον Οκτώβριο του 2003. Ήταν 34 ετών. Άφησε πίσω του ένα πολύμορφο έργο που, στ'αλήθεια, θέλει πολύ ψάξιμο).