Lyrics
I'm the Beaver State on a copper-nickel plate
A thumb-smear patina on the 1805 date
Lying in the sawdust from a freshly planed door
On the floor of a workshop in Astoria, Oregon
Felt the heat of a palm through the denim of a jean
The smell of the salt and the gasoline
[Chorus]
Twenty-five cents of a debt to be paid
Twenty-five cents of a joint he mislaid
Just a pocket's weight in the late November rain
'Til I'm traded for something to quiet the pain
[Verse 2]
I bought a green tea from a cart on 82nd
Heard a whispered conversation, every other second
Of a sister in trouble, a new kind of lease
A silence that fractured the family peace
Then a hand-off in darkness, a cold metal slot
For a single black coffee, bitter and hot
[Chorus]
Twenty-five cents of a debt to be paid
Twenty-five cents of a joint he mislaid
Just a pocket's weight in the late November rain
'Til I'm traded for something to quiet the pain
[Bridge]
Then you dropped me in the pocket of a thrift-store coat
And a woman with a voice like a low, single note
Pulled me out at the laundromat Tuesday at ten
And said, "It's the last one I have. Here you go, friend."
[Outro]
And for one perfect moment, I wasn't a fee
I was just a small kindness between you and me.
About Elliott Smyth
Elliott Smyth's childhood was split between two postcodes: weekdays in his mother's quiet Portland apartment, and weekends in his father's boat-building workshop on the Oregon coast. The divorce made him a quiet diplomat, an expert in the art of observation. He still writes his songs on the battered Yamaha acoustic his father gave him, turning the sawdust and silence of his past into intricate…
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