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No Name #2

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No Name #2 Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Concrete hands picked up the telephone ring
"Do you know who you're talking to?"
"No, and I don't care who"
She whispered quiet terror news
He didn't give a hoot
Said, "Do what you have to do"

[Verse 2]
All she had to do was speak
Mouthpiece to cheek
"Please say no more
I'm lying here on the ground
A strip of wet concrete"
Her name was just a broken sound
A stutter step you hear when you're falling down

[Chorus]
Killing time won't stop this crying
Killing time won't stop this crying
Killing time won't stop this crying

[Verse 3]
You better start watching what message that you send out
No more situations I only go in to be kicked out
He got knocked down leaving like he ran into a clothesline
And remembered a couple of words that hid a crime
"You were just fine
You'll be just fine
But I'm on the other line"
[Chorus]
Killing time won't stop this crying

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No Name #2 details a conversation Elliott has with his ex or a hypothetical conversation with that person. Elliott’s knowledge of this persons presence makes him terribly depressed, preventing him from doing anything other than crying away his days.

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Credits
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Acoustic Guitar
Harmonica
Recorded At
J.J. Gonson's basement (Portland, Oregon)
Release Date
July 14, 1994
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