How to Rent a Room Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ApesMa 

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

A metro section of a newspaper most commonly refers to the local city's news and events. It may include "human interest" or "lifestyle" articles. I believe it could also mean obituaries.

The line in 3rd stanza definitely is "an anchor," Berman just says is oddly.

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