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First the mic, then a half cigarette
Singing, "Cathy's Clown"
That's the man she's married to now
That's the girl that he takes around town
She appears composed, so she is, I suppose
Who can really tell?
She shows no emotion at all
Stares into space like a dead china doll
I'm never gonna know you now
But I'm gonna love you anyhow
Now she's done and they're calling someone
Such a familiar name
I'm so glad that my memory's remote
'Cause I'm doing just fine hour to hour, note to note
Here it is, the revenge to the tune
"You're no good
You're no good, you're no good, you're no good"
Can't you tell that it's well understood?
I'm never gonna know you now
But I'm gonna love you anyhow
I'm here today and expected to stay
On and on and on
I'm tired
I'm tired
Looking out on the substitute scene
Still going strong
XO, mom
It's okay, it's alright, nothing's wrong
Tell Mr. Man with impossible plans to just leave me alone
In the place where I make no mistakes
In the place where I have what it takes
I'm never gonna know you now
But I'm gonna love you anyhow
I'm never gonna know you now
But I'm gonna love you anyhow
I'm never gonna know you now
But I'm gonna love you anyhow
Singing, "Cathy's Clown"
That's the man she's married to now
That's the girl that he takes around town
She appears composed, so she is, I suppose
Who can really tell?
She shows no emotion at all
Stares into space like a dead china doll
I'm never gonna know you now
But I'm gonna love you anyhow
Now she's done and they're calling someone
Such a familiar name
I'm so glad that my memory's remote
'Cause I'm doing just fine hour to hour, note to note
Here it is, the revenge to the tune
"You're no good
You're no good, you're no good, you're no good"
Can't you tell that it's well understood?
I'm never gonna know you now
But I'm gonna love you anyhow
I'm here today and expected to stay
On and on and on
I'm tired
I'm tired
Looking out on the substitute scene
Still going strong
XO, mom
It's okay, it's alright, nothing's wrong
Tell Mr. Man with impossible plans to just leave me alone
In the place where I make no mistakes
In the place where I have what it takes
I'm never gonna know you now
But I'm gonna love you anyhow
I'm never gonna know you now
But I'm gonna love you anyhow
I'm never gonna know you now
But I'm gonna love you anyhow
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I never thought it could be possible to miss someone so much who I never even knew personally. But that is the amazing thing about Elliott. He becomes a beloved friend by proxy of his music.
The way in which he wrote was so perfectly relatable, and he is well known to have written that way on purpose. He has stated that his songs are like dreams, that most of them are about nothing and no one in particular. Yet they are so vastly relatable that it is mind boggling. He was so fundamentally different by nature, a truly, TRULY one of a kind person. But the way one can relate to his words, the complex feelings he evokes, on an exceedingly deep level is something that I can't even explain with words. And that was just Elliott being Elliott. It blows my mind that someone so inadvertently talented ever even existed.
It is truly tragic that those with the most honest and tenderly beautiful souls are those who just can't belong in this world. I'm sad that he's not here but I am forever grateful for the impact he's made on my life. I love him dearly and I miss him just the same.