Junk Bond Trader

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Elliott Smith

Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, the area in which he first gained popularity. Smith's primary instrument was the guitar, but he was also proficient with piano, clarinet, bass guitar, drums, and harmonica. Smith had a distinctive vocal style, characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery," and used multi-tracking to create vocal layers, textures, and harmonies. more »

Year:

2000

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120 Views

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The imitation picks you up like a habit 
Writing in the glow of the tv static 
Taking out the trash to the man 
Give the people something they understand 

Stick man flashing a fine-line smile
Junk bond trader trying to sell a sucker a style
Rich man in a poor man's clothes 
The permanent installment of the daily dose 

And you tell off when you tell it like it is
Your world's no wider than your hatred of his
Checking into a small reality
Boring as a drug you take too regularly 

The apple needs to laugh; the broken crutch 
The first true love that folded at the slightest touch 
Brought down like an old hotel 
People digging through the rubble for things they can resell 

"Happy holidays," said sick savior 
The leading love I still favor 
I won't take your medicine 
I don't need a remedy 
To be everything I'm supposed to be 
I don't want nobody else 
I can do it by myself 
We're meant to be together 

Now I'm a policeman directing traffic 
Keeping everything moving, everything static 
I'm the hitchhiker you recognize passing 
On your way to some everlasting

Better sell it while you can 
Better sell it while you can 
Better sell it while you can 
Better sell it while you can

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