Album: Either/Or (1997)

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• I'll fake it through the day
  With some help from Johnny Walker Red
  And the cold pain behind my eyes
  It shoots back through my head
  With two tickets torn in half
  And a lot of nothing to do
  But it's alright
  'Cause some enchanted night I'll be with you
  
  The tarot cards
  And the lines in my hand
  Tell me I'm wrong
  But they're untrue
  
  I got plans for both of us
  That involve a trip out of town
  To a place I've seen in a magazine
  That you left lying around
  I can't hold my liquor but
  I keep a good attitude
  'Cause it's alright
  Some enchanted night I'll be with you
  
  And though you'd rather see me gone
  Than to see there come the day
  I'll be waiting for you anyway
  
  Next door the TV's flashing
  Blue frames on the wall
  It's a comedy from the 70s
  With a lead no one recalls
  He vanished into oblivion
  It's easy to do
  And I cry to see when you talked to me
  The day you said we were through
  But it's alright
  Some enchanted night I'll be with you Writer/s: Steven Paul Smith
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 9

• Paula from Houston, TxWhat a beautiful song, what a talented songwriter.
  This song makes me think of my sister, who was a severe alcoholic.
  To me, this song is about that empty place inside of addicts that nothing can fill.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyWas nominated for Best Song at the 1997 Academy Awards {Lost to "My Heart Will Go On" from the movie "Titanic"}!!!
• Bern from Baltimore, MdI bought Either/Or as a cd and it doesn't have this track.
  now I gotta buy it off itunes..im addicted
  
• Goofydawg from Silcon Valley, CaDownloaded an early, acoustic-guitar-only version of this song from iTunes and the lyrics are much, much, much darker than what was released with "Good Will Hunting." The lyrics in that version revealed the depth of his depression. It was pretty scary.
• Tony from Sunshine Coast, AustraliaThe video of him performing this song live at the Oscars is available on YouTube. He looks really nervous and frightened while performing it, which I think only adds to the beauty and fragility of the song (and Elliott as an artist), but also adds to the ridiculousness of Celine Dion's win in this category for the Titanic song.
• Dennis from Chicagoland Burrows, IlNader, I thought you were crazy for a second, then I stopped and thought there is a little similarity between this tune and "Bluejay Way" from the MMT.
• Ben from Nottingham, EnglandThis is a beautiful song. Makes me happy and sad both at the same time.
• Natasha from Chico, CaElliott Smith was such a talent, both musically and lyrically. May he rest in peace.
• Nader from Durham, NcSounds eerily similar to Magical Mystery Tour-era Beatles to me. Which is a good thing: this song is wonderful.

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