Elliott Smith King's Crossing Capo: 1st Fret Intro: The King's crossing was the main attraction Dominoes falling in a chain reaction The scraping subject ruled by fear told me Whiskey works better than beer The judge is on vinyl, decisions aren't final And nobody gets a reprieve And every wave is tidal If you hang around you're going to get wet I can't prepare for death any more than I already have Verse: All you can do now is watch the shelves The game looks easy, that's why it sells Chorus: / Frustrated fireworks inside your head Are going to stand and deliver dark instead / The method acting that pays my bills Keeps the fat man feeding in Beverly Hills / I got a heavy metal mouth, it hurls obscenity And I get my check from the trash treasury / Because I took my own insides out It don't matter cause I have no sex life And all I wanna do now is inject my ex-wife I've seen the movie And I know what happens It's Christmas time And the needle's on the tree A skinny Santa is bringing something to me His voice is overwhelming But his speech is slurred And I only understand every other word / Open your parachute and grab your gun Float down like an omen, a setting sun / Read the part and return at five It's a hell of a role if you can keep it alive But I don't care if I fuck up / I'm going on a date With a rich white lady Ain't life great? / Gi'me one good reason not to do it (Because I love you) So do it. This is the place where time reverses And dead men talk to all the pretty nurses Instruments shine on a silver tray Don't let me get carried away Don't let me get carried away Don't let me be carried away