Tom`s Diner Lyrics

Tom`s Diner lyrics

Suzanne Vega

  

  I am sitting

  In the morning

  At the diner

  On the corner

  

  I am waiting

  At the counter

  For the man

  To pour the coffee

  

  And he fills it

  Only halfway

  And before

  I even argue

  

  He is looking

  Out the window

  At somebody

  Coming in

  

  "It is always

  Nice to see you"

  Says the man

  Behind the counter

  

  To the woman

  Who has come in

  She is shaking

  Her umbrella

  

  And I look

  The other way

  As they are kissing

  

  Their hellos

  

  I'm pretending

  Not to see them

  Instead

  I pour the milk

  

  I open

  Up the paper

  There's a story

  Of an actor

  

  Who had died

  While he was drinking

  It was no one

  I had heard of

  

  And I'm turning

  To the horoscope

  And looking

  For the funnies

  

  When I'm feeling

  Someone watching me

  And so

  I raise my head

  

  There's a woman

  On the outside

  Looking inside

  Does she see me?

  

  No she does not

  Really see me

  Cause she sees

  Her own reflection

  

  And I'm trying

  Not to notice

  That she's hitching

  Up her skirt

  

  And while she's

  Straightening her stockings

  Her hair

  Is getting wet

  

  Oh, this rain

  It will continue

  Through the morning

  As I'm listening

  

  To the bells

  Of the cathedral

  I am thinking

  Of your voice...

  

  And of the midnight picnic

  Once upon a time

  Before the rain began...

  

  I finish up my coffee

  It's time to catch the train