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I’m talking to you at this literary party

A decaf cappuccino in my hand

You are puffing on a thick cigar

Is it a Monte Cristo or contraband?

I’m expounding on the state of the art

As you take another puff

But your eyes dart here

And your eyes dart there

As you’re trying to trade up

There’s gotta be someone more important than me

That you could be talking to here

Someone who knows someone who knows someone

Who knows someone who could bolster your career

I know the body language

I see the signs

Your eyes give it away

And so do your lines

You nod and say 'uh-huh' from time to time

As you’re trying to trade up

An hour later someone new is talking to me

He thinks I know something that I probably don’t

Pumping me for some unlisted number

Will I divulge it? No, I won’t

He’s expounding on the state of the world

I’m sipping wine from a paper cup

But my eyes dart here

And my eyes dart there

'cause I’m trying to trade up

There’s gotta be someone more important than you

That I could be talking to here

Someone who knows someone who knows someone

Who knows someone who could bolster my career

Look at my body language

I’m flashing signs

My eyes have glazed over

I’m ignoring your lines

But I sip and say 'uh huh'

From time to time

As I’m trying to trade up

(I'm sorry)

I’m trying to trade up

Looking at both sides of this equation

Either way it’s an awkward situation

Everybody’s climbing

Trying not to be rude

Though some say they’re just here for the free food

Choppedliverchickensataysteameddumplingsspanikopidaskipperedherringgarlicpepperssouvalaki

Mangochutneyblackenedcatfishempanadasfritomistosnapperhashtiramisuguacamole

I’m in the elevator leaving the party

A half dozen macaroons in my purse

As these things go

It was OK

I’ve been to better

I’ve been to worse

Out on the street an old man is begging

I stuff a single dollar into his tin cup

He rolls his eyes

Grabs the bill and he sighs

He’s still trying to trade up

God bless him

He’s still trying to trade up

There will always be someone more important than me

That you could be talking to here

Someone who knows someone who knows someone

Who knows someone who could bolster your career

Look at the body language

Study the signs

Stare into their eyes

Read between every line

If they nod and say 'uh huh'

One too many times

They’re trying to trade up

I said look at the body language

Study the signs

Stare into their eyes

Read between every line

If they nod and say 'uh-huh'

One too many times

They’re trying to trade up

'uh huh'

They’re trying to trade up

'uh-huh'

We’re all trying to trade up

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