Elliott Smith Songs - Miss Misery Lyrics

Elliott Smith - Miss Misery

Elliott Smith - Miss Misery Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Either/Or
Released: 1997

Miss Misery Lyrics

I'll fake it through the day
With some help from johnny walker red
Send the poison rain down the drain
To put bad thoughts in my head
Two tickets torn in half
And a lot of nothing to do
Do you miss me, Miss Misery
Like you say you do?

A man in the park
Read the lines in my hand
Told me i'm strong
Hardly ever wrong i said man you mean

You had plans for both of us
That involved a trip out of town
To a place i've seen in a magazine
That you left lying around
I don't have you with me but
I keep a good attitude
Do you miss me, miss misery
Like you say you do?

I know you'd rather see me gone
Than to see me the way that i am
But i am in the life anyway

Next door the tv's flashing
Blue frames on the wall
It's a comedy of errors, you see
It's about taking a fall
To vanish into oblivion
Is easy to do
And i try to be but you know me
I come back when you want me to
Do you miss me miss misery
Like you say you do?

Writer/s: SMITH, STEVEN P.
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Miss Misery

This was one of the first songs that Elliot Smith recorded at a recording studio that he built in collaboration with producer Larry Crane in 1997.

Composed for the Gus van Sant film Good Will Hunting. It was included in the soundtrack along with other songs from Smith's album Either/Or.

This was nominated for an Oscar in 1997 for its appearance in Good Will Hunting.

"Johnnie Walker Red," from the second line of the song, is a brand of Scotch. (thanks, Silas - Florence, OR)