Diner Song

 

I tried every trick in the book
It didn't work
I rubbed two stones together
Lightning didn't come

By the side of the road
Two lovers kiss
Their hands form a snake
And it slithers away

Beneath a wooden bridge
Covered with moss
Like the moss that covers
The lock on my heart

Chorus:
I wanted to fly
But wings have a way
Of slipping off into sky

In a tin roof diner booth
There's blue all around
And I dream of a bluebird
On the window ledge

Beneath the sun above
Her eyes are so big
She flies through a hole
In the top of the roof

Past the waitresses
And the jukebox
And into this cup
I've been holding all day

Chorus:
I wanted to fly
But wings have a way
Of slipping off into sky

(1991)

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