Ballad Of Big Nothing - Elliott Smith

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[Intro]

             
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[Verse 1]

Throwing candy

 out to the cr

owd
             
Dragging down 

    
the main
    
The helpless l

ittle thing wi

th the dirty m

outh
             
Who's always g

              
ot something t

  
o say

You're sitting

 around at hom

e now
             
Waiting for yo

              
ur brother to 


call
        
I saw him down

 at the alley
            
Having had eno

          
ugh of it all


[Chorus]
             
Said you can d

              
o what you wan

            
t to whenever 

                
you want to
             
You can do wha

              
t you want to,

            
 there's no on

                 
e to stop you


[Verse 2]
             
All spit and s

              
pite, you're u

      
p all night
              
And down every

 
 day

A tired man wi

th only hours 

to go
             
Just waiting t

           
o be taken awa

y

Getting into t

he back of a c

ar
             
For candy from

      
 some stranger
            
watching the p

             
arade with pin

      
point eyes
          
Full of smolde

ring anger


[Chorus]

             
You can do wha

              
t you want to 

            
whenever you w

           
ant to
             
You can do wha

              
t you want to,

            
 there's no on

           
e to stop you
             
Now you can do

              
 what you want

      
 to whenever y

ou want to
             
Do what you wa

         
nt to whenever

 you want to
             
Do what you wa

        
nt to whenever

 you want to
            
Though it does

            
n't mean a thi

ng
          
Big nothing


[Ending]

             
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