Elliott Smith - Junk Bond Trader (early version)

the imitation wore a colorful habit
riding in the glow of the tv static
taking out the trash to the man
give the people something they understand

a stickman flashing a fine-line smile
a Junk bond trader trying to sell a sucker a style
rich man in a poor mans clothes
the permanent installment of the daily dose

and you tell people they're too paranoid
but it's only you they must avoid
fast asleep in a small reality
boring as a drug you take too regularly

the athlete's laugh; the broken crutch
the first true love that failed because you felt too much
night brought you to no decision
but to execute every day with precision

happy holidays, said sad savior
the leaving lover that I still favor

you gave me rhetoric
no sympathy
the saddest song, a symphony
but i don't expect
anyone to quite connect
my broken heart 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...

everlasting waving hand
everlasting waving hand
everlasting waving hand
everlasting waving hand
everlasting waving, everlasting waving

Category:

Music

Tags:

• elliott
• smith
• junk
• bond
• trader

[MrToyFrisbee]

For some odd reason, this song and these old cartoons just work.

[mymayapapaya]

@MrToyFrisbee thanks :)

[DarknessFalls34567]

hey mymaya, where do you get all these boot legs from?

[mymayapapaya]

I sent you a message

[KOJINTEKI12]

would you tell me where to get this, too??

im a big fan of him.

[mymayapapaya]

I got it on sweetaddy

[cisvlover]

wow! it's Junk Bond Trader, but with the excitement of the first time you listen to a new song or album of Elliott's. There's nothing like it!

Fantastic! thanks so much!

[memoryburn7]

oh man the end of this is intense when he keeps saying everlasting waving hand over and over. he's the sad hitchhiker that keeps getting passed by happy people.

[noahoconnor27]

Mark suciu

[coreymotherfuckingri]

mark suciu brought me here

[RegisideSkateboardco]

Mark suciu!!! Rules

[jm8985]

"Better sell it while you can" just works so much better.

[Jooghei1]

omg ty! ty! ty!



[acinodras]

I am so thankful for all of these little gems that are being sprinkled out. I've never heard this before - it's wonderful!

[BrandonNorth1120]

@JedCurtisMusic I don't know man, that's a bold statement. I think that lyrically Elliott is in the top tier, but isn't at very the top of that tier with Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, and maybe a few others. But I would say that Elliott is the most inventive and original genius with music, specifically melodies, when it comes to anything that could be considered a form of popular music, i.e not classical. He's got more musical talent than all four of the Beatles combined for sure, imo.