Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
Elliot Smith (XO)


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everybody cares everybody understands
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yes everybody cares about you
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yeah whether or not you want them to
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it's a chemical embrace that kicks you in the head
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to a pure synthetic sympathy that infuriates you totally
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and a quiet lie that makes you wanna scream and shout
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so here i lay dreaming looking at the brilliant sun
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raining it's guiding light upon everyone

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for a moment's rest you can lean against the bannister
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after running upstairs again and again from wherever they came to fix you in
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but always fear city's finest follow right behind
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you got a pretty vision in your head
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a pencil full of poison lead
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and a sickened smile illegal in every town
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so here i lay dreaming looking at the brilliant sun
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raining it's guiding light upon everyone
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so here i lay dreaming looking at the brilliant sun
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raining it's guiding light upon everyone

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you say you mean well you don't know what you mean
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fucking ought to stay the hell away from things you know nothing about