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Artist: Elliott Smith
Canonical path: /elliott-smith/going-nowhere
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Going Nowhere
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Going Nowhere
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He waved hello, silent like a mime
We met, there's no changing my mind
I won't walk the stairs with you tonight
Going nowhere
The clock moved a quarter of a turn
The time it took a cigarette to burn
She said: You got a lot of things to learn
Going nowhere
Saw you move a certain way
I missed you a lot
Return to this abandoned place
Shoulda been forgot
Echoes drown the conversation out
Echoes that only seem to bring about
A silent expression, things you might allow
Going nowhere
The steps made a pattern I'd never seen
I felt like a kid of six or seventeen
I was off in some empty daydream
Going nowhere
It's dead and gone, matter of fact
Maybe for the best
You said some things you can't take back
Honestly, I guess
The old records sitting on the floor
The ones I can't put on anymore
He walked over to her like before
Going nowhere
Going nowhere
Going nowhere
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