Notes from a small island

Notes from a small island
A weblog by Jonathan Ali

Thursday, October 23, 2003

I'll fake it through the day
With some help from Johnnie Walker Red
Send the poisoned 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'd 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 your life, anyway

Next door the TVs flashing blue
Frames on the wall
It's a comedy of errors you see
It's about taking a fall

To vanish into oblivion
It's easy to do
And I try to leave
But you know me I come back
When you want me to

Do you miss me--Miss Misery--
Like you say you do?

-- "Miss Misery" by singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, who passed away on Tuesday.

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