Elliott Smith – Trouble (Cat Stevens cover)

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Trouble, oh trouble
Set me free
Well, I have seen your face
And it's too much, too much for me

Trouble, oh trouble
Can't you see
You're eating my heart away
And there's nothing much left of me

I've drunk your wine
You have made your world mine
So won't you be fair?
So won't you be fair?

I don't want no more of you
So won't you be kind to me?
Just let me go where
I'll have to go there

Trouble, oh trouble
Move away
I have seen your face
And it's too much for me today

Trouble, oh trouble
Can't you see
You have made me a wreck
Now won't you leave me in my misery

I've seen your eyes
And I can see death's disguise
Hanging on me
Hanging on me

I'm beat, I'm torn
Shattered and tossed and worn
Too shocking to see
Too shocking to see

Trouble, oh trouble
Move from me
I have paid my debt
Now won't you leave me in my misery?

Trouble, oh trouble
Please be kind
I don't want no fight
And I haven't got a lot of time

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    General Comment:One of the best covers he did... This one gets alot of plays.
    Flag g0alpost1on May 27, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:oh. my. god. beautiful. i'm on my fourth listen and i still get goosebumps. and the fact this was probly his last recorded track... wow. that's intense man
    Flag mcflyguy42on May 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:oh. my. god. beautiful. i'm on my fourth listen and i still get goosebumps. and the fact this was probly his last recorded track... wow. that's intense man
    Flag mcflyguy42on May 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I didn't know this was one of the last songs he did.
    How, symbolic...maybe. Who really knows, eh?

    I love this song...I haven't heard the CS version yet, and I'm not sure I want to; I'm predisposed to be partial to Elliott Smith's version anyway.
    Flag H.B.on July 24, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:beautiful
    Flag littlemisscuteon June 24, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:greatest cover of all time.
    Flag turjake2on February 10, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Yes, this is a song by Cat Stevens. beautiful song, played by either of them.
    Flag Biscuitson June 02, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:and to reply to the post above me, elliott smith was contracted to do the soundtrack of the whole song but he only did a few songs, so yes it was very close to his death.
    Flag nickvbon March 30, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:yeah it appears on the movie thumbsucker along with let's get lost and thirteen (another cover)
    Flag nickvbon March 30, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:this is apparently one of the last songs he recorded before he died?

    that makes it even more sad.
    Flag elleonon January 21, 2006   Link

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