The Lemonheads

Paid To Smile

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Could you see your way clear and arrange your eyes away from mine sorry I'm here but you get paid get paid to lie you get paid to smile would you really say hello and let me carry my own guitar and please don't hold the door I can work the handle on any car It's really not that hard smile ooooh the cigarette girl took off her tray and dropped her dress in a shiny pile pulled her pants up on the way when she gets home she'll laugh a while she gets paid to smile

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spliphstar On Feb 06, 2002

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by realcoolhand

18y ago

Its about being a celebrity and how fake everyone is to them.If they were'nt famous and would people really open the door for you or get as many women?

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by soonerxii

17y ago

no it's actually about the different music managers and promoters he deals with on the road. The dudes are always trying to carry his guitar and open the door for him...he knows they are insinsere, and later he compares them to cigarette girls...pretty funny.

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by sydbarrett5

17y ago

This song always kind of reminded me of Holden Caufield. Great song about people being nice to you in an insincere way.

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by Bluewaves

15y ago

I always loved the line about being able to "work the handle on any car; it's really not that hard." Juliana Hatfield ruins the ending of it -- wish Dando hadn't made the decision to include her high-pitched grating voice -- but the rest of the song is melodically nice.

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by allaboutkubrick

20y ago

about a prostitute?

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