In a restaurant
I want lip service, I said
And she kissed me
The waitress I mean
It was like she had missed me
"No I mean pay me attention at least"
It is like this fifty-fifty tension
Has ceased
After that she brought steak and peas
I said you have made a mistake and
"what on earth are these?"
"When I asked for peace", I expected your speech
For you look like Miss World to me
She said fella, you've got one hell of a
Lot of nerve
To speak to me in that way
Where is your reserve?
I said I made it already doll
Over the telephone last night
I booked a table for ourselves
Now come and sit with me in candlelight
I don't know, she said, the boss is kind of testy
I said I know he has an extra ball
But that just makes him pesty
No I mean he is the king around here
You gotta perform like some kind of a jester
If you wanna sit in his hall
So I gave her a tip
And she went on her way
Swinging her tush in that playful way
But it was only the iceberg as they say
And the cold ran into her finger bone
I was sitting alone, now alone, quite alone
I thought of my wife whom I'd left at home
My other half, the better part of me
So I invited her out, out of memory
As her ghost walked in, it passed through the wall
And they all turned their heads who were
sittting in the hall
And they said the dead have answered your call
But aren't you afraid of what's out there?
I said oh no not me, it was funny in this
I wanted to be free, but couldn't quite shift
The shadow following me
I couldn't quite lift the chip from my shoulder
The waitress came up and said do you want fish with that?
I said that would be my wish and then she brought a cat
I said I thought I asked you for a dog,
She said but this one had whiskers and it looks like a frog
Well in that case I'll try it I said with a smile
But then it jumped off my plate, down the road a country mile
I guess I'll go hungry, I told her then
She said don't give up, she still had her pen
She said tell me your order and I'll write
It down in my book
When I said sausage and mash
She gave me a quick look
That said don't you know this is a restaurant
I said I know but that's what I want
So when she went away then, I slipped out the door
And I never have been back to that place anymore
