Elevator Operator letra

Oliver Paul, twenty years old
Thick head of hair worries he’s going bald
Wakes up at a quarter past nine
Fair evades his way down the 96 tram line
Breakfast on the run again, he’s well aware
He’s dropping soy linseed vegemite crumbs everywhere

Feeling sick at the sight of his computer
He dodges his way through the Swanston commuters
Rips off his tie, hands it to a homeless man
Sleeping in the corner of a metro bus stand
He screams: I’m not going to work today!
Gonna count the minutes that the trains run late
Sit on the grass building pyramids out of coke cans

Headphone wielding to the Nicholas building
He trips on a pothole that’s not been filled in
He waits for an elevator, one to nine
A lady walks in and waits by his side
Her heels are high and her bag is snakeskin
Hair pulled so tight you can see her skeleton
Vickers perfume on her breath
A tortoise-shell necklace between her breasts
She looks him up and down with her botox frown
He’s well used to that look by now

The elevator dings and they awkwardly step in
Their fingers touch on the rooftop button
Don’t jump little boy, don’t jump off that roof!
You’ve got your whole life ahead of you
You’re still in your youth
I’d give anything to have skin like you

He said: I think you’re projecting the way that you’re feeling
I’m not suicidal, just idling insignificantly
I come up here for perception and clarity
I like to imagine I’m playing Sim City
All the people look like ants from up here
And the wind’s the only traffic you can hear
He said: All I ever wanted to be
Was an elevator operator, can you help me please?

Don’t jump little boy, don’t jump off that roof!
You’ve got your whole life ahead of you
You’re still in your youth
I’d give anything to have skin like you

Don’t jump little boy, don’t jump off that roof!
You’ve got your whole life ahead of you
You’re still in your youth
I’d give anything to have skin like you

Courtney Barnett - Letras

• An Illustration Of Loneliness (Sleepless In New York)
• Anonymous Club
• Aqua Profunda!
• Are You Looking After Yourself?
• Avant Gardener
• Before You Gotta Go
• Blue Cheese
• Boxing Day Blues
• Canned Tomatoes
• Charcoal Lane
• Charity
• City Looks Pretty
• Continental Breakfast
• David
• Dead Fox
• Debbie Downer
• Depreston
• Don't Apply Compression Gently
• Elevator Operator
• Everybody Here Hates You
• Fear Is Like A Forest (feat. Kurt Vile)
• Here's The Thing
• History Eraser
• Hopefulessness
• How To Boil An Egg
• I'm Not Your Mother, I'm Not Your Bitch
• If I Don't Hear From You Tonight
• Kim's Caravan
• Lance Jr.
• Let It Go
• Nameless, Faceless
• Need a Little Time
• Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The Party
• Ode to Odetta
• Oh The Night
• On Script
• Out Of The Woodwork
• Over Everything
• Pedestrian At Best
• Peepin' Tom
• Porcelain
• Rae Street
• Scotty Says
• Shivers
• Small Poppies
• Splendour
• Sunday Roast
• Sunfair Sundown
• Take It Day By Day
• Three Packs A Day
• Turning Green
• Untogether
• Write a List Of Things To Look Forward To