Turn those Lemons into Lemonade

Today, I'm choosing to follow Elliott Smith's advice of "fighting problems / with bigger problems". Since I am feeble and the wicked world is too heavy for my shoulders, I'm going to cop out and give up, only for today. I've uncorked a bottle of red wine and this dry-mouth afternoon is barely over. The sun didn't bother showing up today so the clouds are my only witness, the rain my only visitor. I will swallow this wine and wait for tomorrow because today is off the list.

Elliott Smith - Baby Britain (from 1998 Release "X/O"):

Baby Britain feels the best / floating over a sea of vodka
separated from the rest / fights problems with bigger problems
sees the ocean fall and rise / counts the waves that somehow didn't hit her
Water pouring from her eyes /alcoholic and very bitter
For someone half as smart / you'd be a work of art
You put yourself apart / and I can't help until you start
We knocked another couple back /the dead soldiers lined up on the table
Still prepared for an attack / they didn't know they'd been disabled
Felt a wave, a rush of blood / you won't be happy 'til the bottle's broken
and you're out swimming in the flood / you kept back you kept unspoken
For someone half as smart/ you'd be a work of art
You put yourself apart / and I can't help until you start


You got a look in your eye
When you're saying goodbye
Like you wanna say hi


The light was on but it was dim / Revolver's been turned over
and now it's ready once again / The radio was playing "Crimson And Clover"
London Bridge is safe and sound / no matter what you keep repeating
Nothing's gonna drag me down / to a death that's not worth cheating


For someone half as smart / you'd be a work of art
You put yourself apart / and I can't help until you start
For someone half as smart / you'd be a work of art
You put yourself apart.

Thank the empty heavens that I can't afford heroin. Scary stuff, indeed. I'll stick with booze etc. Don't worry about me since I'd never have the balls to handle a sharp object.