A Silver Chain
Status
Elliott Smith Song
Written By
Elliott Smith
Recording Sessions
Mid-January 1998-February 1998 (Jackpot! Studios, Portland, OR - First Jackpot! sessions for Dreamworks) (Instrumental only) - unofficially circulating
Availability of Official Release
N/A
Lyrics
Sonny boy wore a silver chain
And he saw the tracks to the train
But I held a hat in my hand that fit my past to a ’T’
Broken easily
Took the street from the curb below
Where it’s too disturbing to go
Holding a needle in my hand above the symphony
Broken easily
While the trumpets blare
Dissipate to air
And I got praying hands hanging from a silver chain
With a talent for catastrophe that I can’t explain
And when I count the steps to safety that I know won’t protect me
From pain, it just doesn’t work today
And he saw the tracks to the train
But I held a hat in my hand that fit my past to a ’T’
Broken easily
Took the street from the curb below
Where it’s too disturbing to go
Holding a needle in my hand above the symphony
Broken easily
While the trumpets blare
Dissipate to air
And I got praying hands hanging from a silver chain
With a talent for catastrophe that I can’t explain
And when I count the steps to safety that I know won’t protect me
From pain, it just doesn’t work today
First Known Live Performance
1998-01-14 (La Luna, Portland, OR, USA)
Audio
(taken from the live performance noted above)
(Studio Instrumental unofficially circulating)