How to Rent a Room Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Skiptomylou 

Cover art for How to Rent a Room lyrics by Silver Jews, The

i always took the metro section as meaning she saw an article written about him (about his poetry book) and realized he was brilliant, but since he's talking about dying that's probably true. I also always thought it said "chop lines around my body" meaning cocaine, but i guess chalk lines makes a lot of sense.