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"I Better Be Quiet Now," like a lot of Elliott Smith songs, is about loneliness. But more specifically, it's about that lonely feeling of meeting someone, not getting their number, and wondering what the hell you're supposed to do with yourself afterwards. "Wish you gave me your number/ Wish I could call you today/ Just to hear a voice/ I've got a long way to go, I'm getting further away."

Sometimes, all it takes is a sudden missed connection to stir up disconnect with our current situations. Elliott Smith articulates this beautifully, singing, "A lot of hours to occupy/ It was easy when I didn't know you yet/ things I'd have to forget."

-Jake Holzman

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Wish you gave me your number
Wish I could call you today, just to hear a voice
I got a long way to go
I'm getting further away
If I didn't know the difference living alone'd probably be ok
It wouldn't be lonely
I got a long way to go
I'm getting further away
A lot of hours to occupy, it was easy when I didn't know you yet
Things I have to forget
But I better be quiet now
I'm tired of wasting my breath
Carrying on and getting upset
Maybe IÂ got a problem, but that's not what I wanted to say
I'd prefer to say nothing.
I got a long way to go
I'm getting further away.
Had a dream as an army man with an order just to march in my place
While a dead enemy screams in my face
But I better be quiet now
I'm tired of wasting my breath
Carrying on, not over it yet
Wish I knew what you're doing
And why you want to do it this way, so I can't go the distance
I got a long way to go
I'm getting further away
I got a long way to go
I'm getting further away

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from Songs I Like But Did Not Write Vol​.​1, released November 22, 2019
Written by Elliott Smith. Performed by Lisa Crawley live at the Banff Centre, Canada by Andrew Chung and Mike Fiore. Mixed by Rob Kleiner.

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