Elliott Smith - Needle In the Hay Lyrics

Your hand on his arm
Haystack charm around your neck
Strung out and thin
Calling some friend, trying to cash some check
He's acting dumb
That's what you've come to expect

Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay

He's wearing your clothes
Head down to toes, a reaction to you
You say you know what he did
But you idiot kid, you don't have a clue
Sometimes they just get caught in the eye
You're pulling him through

Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay

Now in the bus nearly touching this dirty retreat
Falling out, 6th and Powell, a dead sweat in my teeth
Going to walk, walk, walk four more blocks
Plus the one in my brain, down downstairs to the man
He's going to make it all okay

I can't beat myself, I can't beat myself
And I don't want to talk
I'm taking the cure, so I can be quiet
Whenever I want
So leave me alone, you ought to be proud
That I'm getting good marks

Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay

Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay

• Anonymous

  the numbing of heroin and the inability to find an escape from its wretched grasp.