Patrick Watson

Traveling Salesman

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Deep
Deep in the tallest glass
A man lost his way
‘69 Chardonnay
Sitting beside
There lays a traveling man
He fell from the skies
Selling some peace of mind

A man
Swimming with sharks in his glass
Can't find his way
Confessed to the empty space
The traveling salesman
Fills in the gaps
Sells him the tools
To measure into the dark

Ain't he divine?
Selling the distance between us and the sky
Selling the distance between us and the sky

Selling the distance between us and the sky
Selling the distance between us and the sky

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xdvr On Oct 19, 2009

The Great Escape

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Slip Into Your Skin

Je te Laisserai des Mots

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2020-04-22 09:49:02

xdvr

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2009-10-19 09:26:05

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by xdvr

16y ago

Very Waitsy sounding song. :) The guitar at the end reminds me of Marc Ribot's random jazz stabbings. Fantastic tho.

Guess it's about a Salesman who sales something to someone who is looking for patterns. Maybe even about religion, the Salesman being a holy man of some sort.

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by avataraera

15y ago

This song seems to be about someone "selling" a religion/belief to someone. "A travelling man who fell from the skies" makes me think of either an angel or a prophet... and "selling some piece of mind.....Fills in the gaps" convinces me that this man brought a mindset, belief, or even an entire religion which he helped non-believers see "the distance between us and the sky" or what we need to do to get to heaven.

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by inanevoyage

13y ago

Pretty sure it's "deep in the tallest glass"

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