Annie Erin Clark, better known by her stage name St. Vincent, is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She began her music career as a member of The Polyphonic Spree and was also part of Sufjan Stevens’ touring band before forming her own band in 2006. Above are three versions of her great song, Actor Out of Work. The first one is the official video of the song; number two is a live version performed in a chapel in the middle of a Brooklyn graveyard; and the third is a cover by the New York disco group Escort. After you’ve watched/heard them all once each, try playing them all together, in different phases, and in different combinations. It’s better than sleeping. (If you’re an out of work actor, that is.)

Actor Out of Work
St. Vincent (Annie Clark)

You’re a supplement, you’re a salve
You’re a bandage, pull it off
I can quit you cut it out
You’re a patient, I am love

You’re a cast signed broken arm
You’re an actor out of work
You’re a liar and that’s the truth
You’re an extra, lost in the scene

You’re a boxer in the ring
With brass knuckles underneath
You’re the curses through my teeth
You’re the laughter, you’re the obscene
Uhhh uuuuh

You’re a supplement, you’re a salve
You’re a bandage, pull it off
I think I love you, I think I’m mad

You’re a cast signed broken arm
You’re an actor out of work
I think I love you, I think I’m mad
You’re a boxer in the ring
With brass knuckles underneath
I think I love you, I think I’m mad