smoking like a carpet in a bathroom 1964 i can't explain how this is how it is yellow tiles of several hues that were unbeknownst unto man until a pterodactyl tore them in and all my friends are gone and all my ideas are wrong and all my sentences are way too long and i can't explain how this is how it is flicker like the shadow of a lightbulb that goes on and off and off and on and on and off again tell your friends that i'm their friend if your friends are my friends then i'm their friend if you're my friend you see my friend and all my friends are gone and all my ideas are wrong and all my sentences are way too long and i can't stand the way you use apostrophes Wahh daa daa da daa da da da, doo do do da da dooohh (repeat) (i don't think i'm a sad sack... then again, i don't really know what a sad sack is.) [Sample credit: Elliott Smith interview]

(woah, woah, woah, woah, wah) if you woulds buy somes shoes froms me that woulds makes me very pleased if you woulds purchase shoes from my then we could go fishing for the fishies in the sea doooo, do do dooo do do do doooo, dooooo doooo, do do dooo do do do doooo if you drops my mittens one more time in niagara falls then i will very climb up a trees, that are very very very talls doooo, do do dooo do do do doooo, dooooo doooo, do do dooo do do do doooo, dododo dooo. may i talk to lisa please? i'm afraid you have the wrong number oh. thank you. wow. yeah, s'all roigh'! i want to frazzle dazzle your king kong chinaman! don't you dare rih rih rih rih that doesn't do a thing for me, she says. i said, you're crazy, your mother's a crazy person is this real mahogany that you've got down here? this is a mahoginator! this is a mahoganivy lard tub. this plastic! i'm like the plaster canary of the laughter cage! NO! NO! no, no, don't do that frazzley, frightening neighbor business! ohoh , we have to be quiet. something's going on. wait. quiet. wait. why'd everyone stop. wait. shutup. wait. shutup! IT'S A SECRET. OHHH, i see! OH it's a laughter party in the cage of the presidesent! don't you dare, don't you frazzle (don't you destroy, my snare drum) my rechinzee deutsch! this is not paramore, this is mustaphore! this is mustafar! filly silly dilly dilly you're a filly silly dilly dilly. dilly. dilly.

eyesight, going out in favor of rainbows, can't see a thing light head, making you fall over and over, feel like a king why's my sight leaving me, peripheral cannot see psychedelia kaleidoscopes (what was it?) the truth is colors, so many different kinds of colors, driving me mad freedom, granted to me by forces unknown, boy am i glad why's my sight leaving me, peripheral cannot see psychedelia kaleidoscope

wouldn't it be nice if Oscar Wilde were still alive? writing novellas and plays he surely would have strived what kind of flamboyant clothing would he choose to wear? maybe the kind that would get people to stop and stare. pictures of dorian gray would adorn all his walls earnestly he would ignore all his important calls he would be the most important subject of the queen! touring in london and presenting all of his scenes wouldn't it be nice if Oscar Wilde were still alive? writing novellas and plays he surely would have strived! ohh, strived! wouldn't it be nice if Oscar Wilde were still alive? wouldn't it be nice if Oscar Wilde were still alive? wouldn't it be nice if Oscar Wilde were still alive? wouldn't it be nice if Oscar Wilde were still alive? (well that was weird.)

why don't we go for a picnic in the shade? we can bring sandwiches and lemonade. invite all our friends and close acquaintances, like edmund, annette, amber and frances we're all going for a picnic we're all going away we're all going for a picnic a permanent escapade put on all your latest in fashion summer parkwear or not, come as you are, i really don't care! we're all going for a picnic we're all going away we're all going for a picnic a permanent escapade we're all going for a picnic (we're all going for a picnic!) a permanent escapade (a permanent escapade!) WOO! oww. maybe if you looked at the keys!

can you hear the stinging whispers of those sapling spirits? as they march across the now bare forest? still slender, green, but angry and tired the ground has turned too fast for their roots to hold on so they dip their toes in the stream and run like children across meadows and they march counterclockwise over the dry earth in love and triumph the seasons turn too fast and worlds flicker by my window and my roots cling onto rotting floorboards but now I hear it : the whistling wind that is caught in their hair as they march by my window the young and restless forest gods and I rip my roots from the silent dust and march with them in triumph and love and I rip my roots from the silent dust and march with them in triumph and love ~~~ snow flies up from the heavy sky to touch the longing of the earth the earth blows kisses to the sky with wind that whirls like dancing lovers particles of desire linger in the air and soar in waves between the tundra and the clouds storm almost thick enough to hold them together the earth and sky almost embrace the earth and sky almost embrace

real sugar is hard to find featherweight in mind radio dries your eyes out audio optical drought newspaper's here the forest is clear warm up your parking meters law abiding fever try looking at it like this carpe noctis it's too cold for me this is not free drain their will drain their will drain their will

oh, my young ward, you have gained much moxie, and can dismiss the warnings of the mayor now's the time to sail across the high seas aboard my vessel, the good ship andrea oh, you may ask, "has she speed, does she lead?" well indeed! the andrea is more than your worth, boy she'll pick you up when you fall the andrea is more than your worth, boy and that is all captain argyle, your very words are moving, i truly hope that they are all sincere i'll don my best attire, all slackness thus removing from the premier of my brigadier career such great adventures, we will see every sea, you and me the andrea is more than you're worth, boy she'll pick me up when i fall the andrea is more than you're worth, boy and that is all but what if we strike the barrier reef? remember! the andrea is more than you're worth, boy she'll pick me up when you fall the andrea is more than you're worth, boy and that is all

floating out on a yacht no control but plenty of time for thought over the water there is fog never too cold but not too hot this place is perfect, the perfect place this sea's infinite, mind erased black sands with white rocks the moon is my eternal clock the waves crash an rhythmic dance to endless loops of Moby's trance this place is perfect, the perfect place this beach infinite, mind erased you're sitting here, next to me we're holding hands, no one else can see this place is perfect, the perfect place we are together

Dear Mr. Cleft, where have your spots gone? The birds won't sing if they're not on The furry cats won't spindle a thread And the owls might as well be dead The mantises have no reason to pray Mr. Delroy, they vanished night I will take Twain it will be all right The furry cats will have cocoons And the owls, they will sing us tunes And the mantises will find Jesus again ahhhh Mr. Cleft, I hope that you're right To and fro, and out we go, the sun is bright The leaftopi will ink our quills And the grass will grow all over the hills I will find my spots Twain, come with me

ah, okay. well, keep that. oh, too late. yeah, too late. we gotta keep that! oh, too late. maraca throw. that's what we got as our intro to this song! yeah! Aging towards the end of my life Lovely words that I cannot write I should be upset that you're gone but I'm not Cause my feelings are swallowed alive by my thoughts even the crickets won't chirp at your sermons and even the cats won't purr at your feet I wish I was clever and noble like you but instead I just lie on my back in the street Pavement rots and street signs are lost I wish my skin was as thick, as thick as the frost I'm an elitist with low self-esteem and my passionless passions don't know when to leave Everything else is submerged in a swamp when I suddenly find they're all on my sleeve I feel so weighed down that I fall when I fly and i land on my back looking up to the sky and he winter is coming; i wish i could cry But my tears are now freezing themselves in my eyes Pavement rots and street signs are lost I wish my skin was as thick, as thick as the frost pavement rots and street signs are lost I wish my skin was as thick, as thick as the frost (flute interlude) Pavement rots and street signs are lost I wish that my skin was as thick, as thick as the frost pavement rots and street signs are lost I wish that my skin was as thick, as thick as the frost

i know an indian boy who likes to ride his bikes he's so far away, but so close at hand, in a box he can still make his jokes with some nice ones and tubes he can make seal clubbins grooves, and jib up a storm on guitar with friends like him, you know, oh you know exactly how very lucky you are we're smashin', our brothers, do a grab dance all night long we're smashin', our brothers, no one ever plays as donkey kong i know a british ginger boy who was the best thing before sliced bread he attended a running class, and killed me with cap guns dead geesus, oh geesus, the oblivosity, of salvador dali's art with friends like him, you know, oh you know how exactly how very lucky you are we're smashin', our brothers, do a grab dance all night long we're smashin', our brothers, no one ever plays as donkey kong ahhhhh ding. ah really? yeah. i didn't know when i should... this gets quite spitty. uh, still recording. ah! OH GOD!

ahhhh, ahhhh repeat

yooo yo yo yoooo yo yo yoooo yo yo yoooo (snickering leading to laughter) yooo yo yo yoooo yo yo yoooo yo yo yoooo yooo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yoyoyo yoyoyo yoo, yoo, yoo Yooyoyoyoyoyoyo!

(instrumental)

overgrown fields and flowers surround mother nature never fails to astound the field mouse the stone house meadow mouse the stone house see the gazebo, avoid the poison ivy deeper in the woods, there sinks a memory of childhood long gone long past the wood mouse the stone house willow mouse the stone house the field mouse the stone house willow mouse the stone house

every week i find a new doodad that was sittin underneath my couch since last summer but it's broken cause it got crushed by all the spare change that had filtered under but it's ok, cause i know that you like all kinds of broken gizmos so i put it in a box and i gave to you, hope you like it walking down the road and watchin all the leaves that are fallin from the trees and hoping they're ok cause winter can be long and winter can be cold and i know that most trees are really old but it's ok cause i know that you like the air and you like the snow, so my apologies trees, but winter can come when it pleases talked to a willow and a larch and a firn and i asked them what is new brothers oh brother, not much new today, but apparently we are not here to stay but it's ok, cause i know that there will be more trees to grow and i think we will be fine for a few more decades talked to a maple and a birch and an oak and i asked them brothers is this some sick joke? it appears that no one will talk to me, they said oh brother there is always we and it's ok, cause you know that we will always be here for you that's true, i thank mother earth and her sister nature there's ozone in the air, it's gonna rain but who cares the moon just broke her stride, but she stopped to smile there's ozone in the air, the fireflies wait and stare i catch one in my palm, he kisses me, and then is gone guess what's comin, it's the equinox when the sun is yielding its grip upon the earth and its like a big battle for night and day when both sides are fighting for all they're worth but it's ok, cause i know, that this happens twice every single year but i guess that doesn't keep it from being your single greatest fear i'm all fed up with the same old people givin same old orders bout what we're not to do but you didn't hear me say to go away because the rhythms were killing me but it's ok, cause i know that you were just being a really big jerk but when you're down and out we'll try our hardest not to smirk (ozone) there's ozone in the air, (raincloud) it's gonna rain but who cares (moonchild) the moon just broke her stride, (bigsmile) but she stopped to smile (ozone) there's ozone in the air, (fireflies) the fireflies wait and stare (catch one) i catch one in my palm, (kiss me) he kisses me, and then is gone walking down the road and watchin all the leaves that are fallin from the trees and hoping they're ok cause winter can be long and winter can be cold and i know that most trees are really old but it's ok cause i know that you like the air and you like the snow, so my apologies trees, but winter can come when it pleases ! (ozone) there's ozone in the air, (raincloud) it's gonna rain but who cares (moonchild) the moon just broke her stride, (bigsmile) but she stopped to smile (ozone) there's ozone in the air, (fireflies) the fireflies wait and stare (catch one) i catch one in my palm, (kiss me) he kisses me, and then is gone (ozone) there's ozone in the air, (raincloud) it's gonna rain but who cares (moonchild) the moon just broke her stride, (bigsmile) but she stopped to smile (ozone) there's ozone in the air, (fireflies) the fireflies wait and stare (catch one) i catch one in my palm, (kiss me) he kisses me, and then

(wawawa) there was once a fox and his friend they lived in a forest round the bend played with every day they were in love, come what may beautiful autumn days are fleeting heart is beating fast there was once a wolf and her friend with the fox all her time would she spend beautiful autumn days are fleeting heart is beating fast then there came a great big storm everything was torn astray broken branches everywhere it really was a frightening day thankfully the storm did pass fox and wolf were a-okay antagonistic weather gods beautiful day, my friend this story has come to an end beautiful autumn days are fleeting heart is beating

the spoken word of the maple tree it casts a shadow over me i cannot see past the fields past the orchards past the trees past the sky that even you, right now, could be looking at oh that sky that sky which brings us rain and sun that lets us grow as do we. i asked you can you open this jar you replied i can try real hard but if i don't succeed don't get mad at me inside the jar there is a maple seed we can plant it and watch it grow to a tree if it does not grow i hope you know it is a sign that we are meant to be the forest, i'm thinking, won't last through the day the forest, i'm thinking, won't last through the day the forest, i'm thinking, won't last through the day the forest, i'm thinking, won't last through the day (the maple seed will only grow in fall it does not grow in spring nor winter or summer maple seed, maple seed, won't you grow with her and me and us, we'll grow we'll grow, we'll grow) won't last won't last

we were walking, fingers intertwined when an amazing secret we did find nothing could ever go wrong when you're here autumn tends to be that way year after year autumn, autumn, autumn, autumn's here come here, come here, come here my dear, my dear autumn, autumn, autumn, autumn's here come here, come here, come here my dear, my dear oh, i can never remember the words the words to anything

there're people who live but fear of dying and people who speak but they fear of lying who sees the irony and chokes? there're people who live in their seven-elevens do soldiers who kill get to go to heaven? if they don't, i think i'm missing the joke sometimes, i wonder where's the time? sometimes, i wonder... there are workers who strive for the himalayas and people who die still poor bricklayers who is the greater or lesser man, you twits? just look to the numbers, they say they're our saviors tellin' a brother don't give no favors like a broken record record record skips sometimes, i wonder what's the deal? sometimes, i wonder are they for real? are you revered or reviled? are you revered or reviled? are you revered or reviled? are you revered or reviled? are you revered or reviled? are you revered or reviled? are you revered or reviled? ahh ahh ahh ahh ~~~ alright, i got it figured out okay, one, two, three, four we are pterodactyls! we are pterodactyls! we are pterodactyls! better than the news! we are pterodactyls! we are pterodactyls! we are pterodactyls! better than your shoes! oh no