Karaoké Little Bribes Death Cab For Cutie

The Eiffel tower built to smaller scale

The freshest oxygen

I'd ever inhale

I tapped a bottle against the safety rail killing time

And you were like a walking compliment

Tall in stature and exceptionally read

In dummy glasses and a cardigan, oh come on

And oh so empty were the faces

Of the dealers and the waitresses around

You said that all these things you've learned to ignore

The hidden cameras on the casino floor

And what gets paid for behind hotel doors oh come on

You pretend every slot machine is a robot amputee waving hello

The people stare into their eyes and they feed

Them little bribes and then they go

The never ending twilight in a basement where the sun has never spilt

You said that you were lonely and then we kissed like lonely people do

You said this city has a beating heart

That pushes people down the boulevard

And they're all hoping for a wish fulfilled in a desert for a dollar bill

Those foolish dreams you know they plague me still oh come on

And oh so empty were the faces

Of the dealers and the waitresses around

And oh so empty were the faces

Of the dealers and the waitresses around

Empty