Christine Lavin - Trade Up lyrics

I'm talking to you at this literary party a decaf cappuccino in my hand you are puffing on a thick cigar is it a Monte Cristo or contraband? I'm expounding on the state of the art as you take another puff but your eyes dart here and your eyes dart there as you're trying to trade up There's gotta be someone more important than me that you could be talking to here someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who could bolster your career I know the body language I see the signs your eyes give it away and so do your lines you nod and say 'uh-huh' from time to time as you're trying to trade up An hour later someone new is talking to me he thinks I know something that I probably don't pumping me for some unlisted number will I divulge it? No, I won't He's expounding on the state of the world I'm sipping wine from a paper cup but my eyes dart here and my eyes dart there 'cause I'm trying to trade up There's gotta be someone more important than you that I could be talking to here someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who could bolster my career Look at my body language I'm flashing signs my eyes have glazed over I'm ignoring your lines but I sip and say 'uh huh' from time to time as I'm trying to trade up (I'm sorry) I'm trying to trade up Looking at both sides of this equation either way it's an awkward situation everybody's climbing trying not to be rude though some say they're just here for the free food choppedliverchickensataysteameddumplingsspanikopidaskipperedherringgarlicpepperssouvalaki mangochutneyblackenedcatfishempanadasfritomistosnapperhashtiramisuguacamole I'm in the elevator leaving the party a half dozen macaroons in my purse as these things go It was OK I've been to better I've been to worse Out on the street an old man is begging I stuff a single dollar into his tin cup he rolls his eyes grabs the bill and he sighs he's still trying to trade up God bless him he's still trying to trade up There will always be someone more important than me that you could be talking to here someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who could bolster your career Look at the body language study the signs stare into their eyes read between every line if they nod and say 'uh huh' one too many times they're trying to trade up I said look at the body language study the signs stare into their eyes read between every line if they nod and say 'uh-huh' one too many times they're trying to trade up 'uh huh' they're trying to trade up 'uh-huh' we're all trying to trade up