Nickel Plated Pockets (feat. Vast Aire) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by knv 

Cover art for Nickel Plated Pockets (feat. Vast Aire) lyrics by Aesop Rock

corrections...

Walk into the store = Walking to the store; (The entire song is about him walking through NYC)

Lucy = Loosey (Loose cigarette)

Robber crumb = Robert Crumb (artist)

Barely sprung ? now grimace = Barely sprung, fairly numb grimace

no brain or memoir = no brainer memoir

Alarmed, pardon the ?? = Alarmed, pardon the old buzz deader (buzzkill)

picket wrist = Spicket wrist (suicide)

cities some systems = city sump systems

Termites that infect ? Village = Termites that infect sturdy grillage

commuter-train wingtips = commuter-clean wingtips

And a city full = In a city full

Freak of ?? glazer major running bases = Freak of Fantasia league laser major, running bases

Now if you got a lock and gas mask = Now, if you've gotta rock a gas mask

where there's crack in the slave ships = where there's Krakens and slave ships

Technology aid itself glutton = Technology ate itself, glutton

bucking Enya = bumping Enya