Elliott Smith Going Nowhere Lyrics

Going Nowhere Lyrics

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



I saw you move a certain way

I missed you a lot

Return to this abandoned place

It should've been forgot



Echoes drown the conversation out

Echoes that only seem to bring about

A silent expression, easy read aloud

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 in a matter of fact

It maybe for the best

He said some things you can't take back

Honestly I guess



The old records were 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