The imitation picks you up like a habit
Writing in the glow of the tv's static
Taking out the trash to the man
Give the people something they understand
A stickman 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 that your hatred of his
Checking into a small reality
Boring as a drug you take too regularly
The athlete's laugh; the broken crutch
The first true love that folded at the slightest touch
Brought down like an old hotel
People digging through rubble for things they can resell
Happy holidays said sick savior
The leaving lover that 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'll 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
The lyrics JUNK BOND TRADER of ELLIOTT SMITH is also present in the album Figure 8 (2000)
Elliott Smith, pseudonimo di Steven Paul Smith (1969-2003), è stato un cantautore e musicista statunitense noto per la sua musica introspettiva e malinconica. Nato a Omaha, Nebraska, Smith si trasferì in Oregon durante l'adolescenza, dove iniziò a suonare la chitarra e comporre canzoni. Nel 1994 pubblicò il suo album di debutto "Roman Candle", seguito da altri successi come "Either/Or" (1997) e "XO" (2000). La sua musica, caratterizzata da melodie delicate, arrangiamenti minimalisti e testi introspettivi che esploravano temi di depressione, solitudine e perdita, ha conquistato un seguito di appassionati in tutto il mondo. Smith è stato anche noto per le sue collaborazioni con altri artisti, tra cui The Decemberists e Beck. La sua tragica morte nel 2003 a causa di un'overdose di farmaci ha lasciato un vuoto nel panorama musicale indie americano. Tra i suoi brani più rappresentativi ricordiamo "Between the Bars", "Needle in the Hay" e "Waltz #2".
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