how to take a fall

Singer:elliott smith

it's one word cover to cover

it's an endless fuse

chain repeater never seems to get any smarter

i'm always marking pages so

that i don't get confused

end up in a fight i never had any part of

listen naive plaything

coming over clueless every time you call

an accident just waiting to happen

still hasn't found out

how to take a fall

make me a present and make it something sweet

small enough to go unnoticed and big enough to compete

with this massive past that keeps blocking up my street

looking for a new contender to disassemble

listen naive plaything

coming over clueless every time you call

an accident just waiting to happen

still hasn't found out

how to take a fall

how to take a fall

how to take a fall

Lyric Context: how to take a fall - elliott smith