Song Guide

Below is a listing of every known song that Elliott Smith contributed to - whether singing, writing, producing, recording, engineering, or performing in some fashion. Click a song to find out what type of song it is, the author, which recording session it originates from, whether it is released or unreleased, lyrics for the song, and streaming audio.

Note - There are many versions of some songs that appear with alternate titles, others do not. Our criteria is that if Elliott ever released a song to the public either on cassette (even though those are no longer widely circulating) or as part of an album that was released (regardless of whether it was before or after his death), it gets its own separate entry even if a “later” version was created with a different title/sound. If the song was unofficially released but has different versions from different eras, only one entry will be used.



For our guide to the music of Stranger Than Fiction, A Murder of Crows, and Harum Scarum, please click here.

The color indicates the era/type of song, as follows:

* = audio available at the link

Black = Pre-Roman-Candle-era

Pink = Heatmiser

Gold = Roman Candle-era

Purple = Self-Titled-era

Orange = Either/Or-era

White/Black = XO-era

Red = Figure 8-era

Brown = From a Basement on the Hill-era (or completely unknown)

Green = Guest Appearance

Blue = Live Cover

#37

11:37 Passing

2:45 AM *

A Distorted Reality is Now a Necessity to be Free *

A Fond Farewell *

A Living Will *

A Passing Feeling *

A Question Mark *

A Silver Chain *

Abandoned Neil Gust Heatmiser Song

Abused *

Alameda *

All Cleaned Out *

All Cleaned Out (other version)

All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down *

All the Same *

Almost Over *

Alphabet Town *

Amity *

Anatomy

Ancient Fable

Angel in the Snow *

Angeles *

Another Letter

Antonio Carlos Jobim *

Asleep *

Baby Britain *

Back Seat John

Bald Faced Lie

Ballad of a Thin Man *

Ballad of Big Nothing *

Barriers

Bastard John *

Begin the Begin

Because *

Between the Bars *

Big Decision *

Big Sky *

Birthday Boy *

Black Jack Davy *

Blackbird *

Blackout *

Bled White *

Blind Alley

Blockhead *

Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain *

Blue Highway *

Blue Mood *

Bottle Rocket *

Bottle Up and Explode! *

Brand New Game *

Brian’s Pain *

Buick *

Burned Out, Still Glowing *

Busted Lip *

Bye *

Can’t Be Touched *

Can’t Make a Sound *

Candyland *

Cannibal *

Car *

Care of Cell 44 *

Carl’s El Camino

Carry On Wayward Son *

Catholic *

Cecilia/Amanda *

Chance

Chelsea Girls *

Chemistry

Chinatown

Christian Brothers *

Clark Bar

Clementine *

Closer to the Heart *

Clouds *

Coast to Coast *

Collect to NYC *

Color Bars *

Come Back Jonee *

Coming Up Roses *

Concrete Jungle *

Condor Ave.*

Condor Avenue *

Confidence Artist *

Confusion *

Coraliza *

Crazy Fucker *

Crazy Heart *

Critical Mass *

Cruel Reminder *

Cupid’s Trick *

Cypress

Daddy’s Little Princess *

Dancing on the Highway *

Dead Air *

Dead End Street *

Dear Eunice

Dear Prudence

Dirt *

Dirty Dream *

Disappearing Ink *

Division Day *

Do It Again *

Don’t Call Me Billy *

Don’t Fear the Reaper *

Don’t Give It Up

Don’t Go Down *

Don’t Look Down *

Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right *

Dream Flowers *

Drive All Over Town *

Eagle Eye *

Easy Way Out *

Echo Park

Egypt

Either/Or *

ELK

Empty Words *

Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands *

Everybody Has It *

Everything Means Nothing to Me *

Everything Reminds Me of Her *

Everything’s Okay *

Expectation

Fast Food *

Father Song *

Fear City *

Few Laps a Fruit Cup and a Funeral

Fifteen Minutes

Figure 8 *

Fine to See You *

First Timer *

Flame! *

Flowers for Charlie *

For No One *

For No One Else *

Fortune 500 *

Freedom of Choice *

Freedom of Expression

Friends *

From a Poison Well *

Georgia, Georgia *

Get Lucky *

Gimme Gimme Teenage Head

Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) *

Glamourine

Glass Onion

Go By *

Going Nowhere *

Golden Street *

Good to Go *

Gotta Problem *

Grand Mal *

Great Serpent Reprise

Half Right *

Halfway to Forever (Autumn Signs)

Hamburgers *

Happiness *

Harvest Moon *

He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s the Pilot *

Hell Below/Stars Above *

Here Comes Flash *

Hey Jude

High Times *

Hitting on the Waiter *

Hooray for Tuesday *

How to Take a Fall *

How’s My Drinking? *

I Better Be Quiet Now *

I Can’t Answer You Anymore *

I Didn’t Understand *

I Don’t Give a Fuck

I Don’t Think I’m Ever Gonna Figure It Out *

I Figured You Out *

I Love My Room *

I Me Mine *

I Wish I Could Not Say I Wish

I’ll Be Back *

I’m Gonna Get Crushed *

I’m Only Sleeping *

I’m Over It Now *

I’m So Tired *

I’mNotOutOfBreathAnymore

Idler *

If You Want My Love

In the Light

In the Lost and Found (Honky Bach) *

Independence Day *

Inspector Detector

Instinctual Disjunction

Instrumental (2-23-1999) *

Instrumental (10-14-1999) *

Instrumental (Hidden Track) *

Instrumental (Waltz) *

Instrumental #1 (November/December 1983) *

Instrumental #2 (November/December 1983)

Instrumental #3 (November/December 1983)

Isn’t It a Pity *

Isolation

It Was a Sunny Day

It’s Alright

It’s Not a Prop *

Jealous Guy *

Johnny B. Goode

Joy to the World *

Jump Across the Mountain *

Junior Mint *

Junk Bond Trader *

Just a Little Prick *

Key Biscayne *

Kill/Fuck *

Killer *

King of Clubs *

King’s Crossing *

Kiwi Maddog 20/20 *

LA *

Last Boat Leaving *

Last Call *

Laughter

Let’s Get Lost *

Let’s Turn the Record Over *

Like A Cop *

Little Caesars

Little Maggie *

Little Miss Sally (and her evening meditation)

Little One *

Living Loving Maid (She’s Just a Woman)

Living in Rotational

Long, Long, Long *

Looking At My Watch

Looking Over My Shoulder *

Lost Highway *

Low-Flying Jets *

Lowlife *

Madding *

Mama’s Boy

Maritime Blue

Mayan *

Meet Me in the City *

Melodic Noise *

Memorandum

Memory Lane *

Mightier Than You *

Misery Let Me Down *

Miss Misery *

Mock-Up *

Moonshiner *

Mr. Goodmorning *

Mr. Goodmorning (version 2) *

Mrs. Kennedy

My New Freedom *

My Sweet Lord *

Needle in the Hay *

Never Felt Better (Demo) *

New Disaster *

New Monkey *

Nightcap *

Nighttime *

No Confidence Man *

No Life *

No More *

No Name #1 *

No Name #2 *

No Name #3 *

No Name #4 *

No Name #5 *

No Name #6 *

Not Ready Yet *

Nothing to do With You

O So Slow *

Ocean *

Oh, Sister *

Oh Well, Okay *

Our Thing *

Out On the Weekend *

Outward Bound *

Paint it Black *

Parked Car Homestead *

Parting Kiss (Demo) *

Pbida

Piano Thing

Pictures of Me *

Pink Noise/White Noise

Pitseleh *

Place Pigalle *

Placeholder *

Plainclothes Man *

Poem #1 *

Poem #2 *

Poem #3

Pop in G *

Pour White *

Practicing Your Moves (Demo) *

Prelude Op3 #2 in C Sharp Minor *

Pretty (Ugly Before) *

Pretty Mary K *

Pretty Mary K (other version) *

Prom Date

Pull Me Through

Punch and Judy *

Punch and Judy (other version) *

Rain *

Rest My Head Against the Wall *

Revolution *

Riot Coming *

Rock #1

Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide

Roman Candle *

Rose Parade *

Rougher *

San Diego *

Sands Hotel *

Satellite *

Say I Do

Say Yes *

See You in Heaven *

See You Later *

Seen How Things Are Hard *

September Gurls *

Set Me Free *

Shake Sugaree *

She Won’t Ever Look at Me *

Shiva Opens Her Arms *

Shooting Star *

Shotgun *

Shytown *

Single File *

Skills Like This *

Slapstick

Sleeping Pill *

Small Talk

So Long

Some (Rock) Song *

Some Song *

Somebody That I Used to Know *

Something *

Something to Lose *

Son of Sam *

Song to the Great Serpent

Sophistry

Sorry My Mistake *

Soul Cake

Sound to Me

Southern Belle *

Space Oddity

Speed Trials *

Splitzville *

St. Ides Heaven *

Stained Glass Eyes *

Stairway to Heaven *

Stickman *

Still *

Stray *

Stroke it Noel *

Strung Out Again *

Stupidity Tries *

Subdivisions

Suicide Machine *

Suit of Running Water *

Summertime *

Supersonic *

Sweet Adeline *

Take a Fall *

Taking a Fall *

Talking to Mary *

Tangerine Dream *

Temper *

Tequila

The Biggest Lie *

The Corner Seat *

The Crystal Ball

The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize *

The Dicks on D-3

The Enemy Is You *

The Fix Is In *

The Gondola Man *

The Loneliest of Faces *

The Machine *

The Party

The Poisoned Well *

The Real Estate *

The Real Thing

The Roller Coaster to Hell

The Roost *

The Last Hour *

The Vatican Rock

The White Lady Loves You More *

Theme from “Rocky”

These Days *

They’ll Never Take Her Love from Me *

Third and South *

Thirteen *

This Bed

Three *

Till the End of the Day

Time is Ours Now

Tiny Time Machine *

To Build a Home

Tom Waits and the Attack of the Crab Monster *

Tomorrow Tomorrow *

Tore Up and Broke *

Trap Door *

Trouble (Cat Stevens cover) *

Trouble (Jon Brion cover)

True Believer

True Love *

Trying to Find My Shadow

Tunnel Vision

Twilight *

Two Timed *

Uncertainty

Uncontrollable Urge *

Under a Cloud *

Unfinished Song *

Unknown (Instrumental) *

Unknown Fragment *

Unknown Song (Instrumental) *

Unknown Song 11-21-92 #1 *

Unknown Song 11-21-92 #2 *

Unknown Song 11-21-92 #3 *

Unknown Uncle Tupelo Song

Unlucky Charm *

Untitled Guitar Finger Picking *

Untitled Melancholy Song *

Untitled Soft Song in F *

Untitled Song in G

Untitled Song with Lyrics #1

Untitled Song with Lyrics #2

Untitled Song with Lyrics #3

Untitled Song with Lyrics #4

Untitled Song with Lyrics #5

Untitled Song with Lyrics #6

Untitled Song with Lyrics #7

Untitled Song with Lyrics #8

Untitled Song with Lyrics #9

Untitled Voicemail Audio Experiment *

Wake *

Waiting for the End of the World *

Walk Away Renee *

Waltz #1 *

Waltz #2 (XO) *

Wandering

Watch the Worlds Collide *

Waterloo Sunset *

We’re All Friends Now *

Whatever (Some Folk Song in C) *

When I Paint My Masterpiece *

Where I Get It From *

Whispering Pines *

White Room

Who’s Behind the Door *

Why Did I Decide to Stay? *

Wind Through My Life

Wouldn’t Mama Be Proud? *

Yay! *

Yer Blues *

You Gotta Move *

You Make It Seem Like Nothing *