“Bored in a role, but he can't stopStanding up to sit back down,and lose the one thing found.Spinning the world like a toy top'till there's a ghost in every town.<BR”

—  Elliott Smith

Can't Make A Sound.
Lyrics, Figure 8 (2000)

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American singer-songwriter 1969–2003

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