Table For One

by Bob Malone
From “Bob Malone” (1998)

I’m sitting in this restaurant, and I’m sitting alone
You know I can hardly stand it
Cigarette-wielding couples
Blowing smoke in each other’s faces
How romantic
And every place I go just reminds me of you
You know there just ain’t no escape, no escape
I wonder what you’d say and I wonder what you’d do
If you could see me in this pathetic state

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And too much time alone
Makes you crazy til it makes you numb
I’ll have a table for one.

And you still pull my string
Even though you’re on your own
You’re like a yo-yo that don’t come back, don’t come back
And the only thing I’ve learned from this
Is how to drink alone
Til the memories fade to black, fade to black

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And it seems like everybody’s talking too loud
Without you between me and this crowd
And I keep hoping a friend will come walking through that door
Mmm, but there’s no one there, just strangers everywhere.

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