Ballad of Big Nothing -
by Elliott Smith
| Throwing candy out to the crowd | |
| Dragging down the main | |
| The helpless little thing with the dirty mouth | |
| Who's always got something to say | |
| You're sitting at home now | |
| Waiting for your brother to call | |
| I saw him down at the alley | |
| Having had enough of it all | |
| Said you can do what you want to whenever you want to | |
| You can do what you want to, there's no one to stop you | |
| All spit and spite, you're up all night | |
| And down every day | |
| A tired man with only hours to go | |
| Just waiting to be taken away | |
| Getting into the back of a car | |
| For candy from some stranger | |
| Watching the parade with pinpoint eyes | |
| Full of smoldering anger | |
| You can do what you want to whenever you want to | |
| You can do what you want to, there's no one to stop you | |
| Now you can do what you want to whenever you want to | |
| Do what you want to whenever you want to | |
| Do what you want to whenever you want to | |
| Though it doesn't mean a thing | |
| Big nothing |