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Artist: Elliott Smith
Canonical path: /elliott-smith/confidence-artist
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Confidence Artist
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Confidence Artist
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Sweet nod of the passing hour
Make up is starting to crack
People talk behind my back
And I dont like that
See the man of the moment
Whose tryin' to get himself in my shot
Tellin' everyone hes not confidence artist
Theres so many people
Theres so many people
Theres so many people
Who got to settle the score
Look a little bit closer now
See if the side you can take
The suspense has got to break
And it will someday
Still life in a darkened room
Will be fluttered with light
And it might make you uptight
But you won't die from exposure
Theres so many people
Theres so many people
Theres so many people
Who got to settle the score
Theres so many people
Too many people no no no
Im just enchanted now
Some other time
If youre seein' somethin' youre
That youre not suppose to see
Youll be charged a penalty
And youll pay forever
Ive been night and day
Buildin' sets on a lawn
In a land that time forgot
Captured here in my camera
Theres so many people
Theres so many people
Theres so many people
Who got to settle the score
Theres so many people
The too many people no no no
Im too enchanted now
Some other time
Some other time
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