Dream Café - Greg Brown

You were the woman in the blue mask

Standin there beside your dress

All the things I wanted from you

I never could express

I thought I saw you once in Munich

But you slipped away

I’m in the corner with the coffee

At The Dream Cafe

For once I didn’t say anything stupid-

My lover never once looked bored

And soldiers come in smeared with lipstick

Like the last day of war

The band divided up the money

But the drummer could not stay

He said he’s gonna meet us later

At The Dream Cafe

When you turned from the window

In your worn out slip

Put your eyes to my fingers

While the ceiling dripped

I just could not leave you

I heard a motorcycle pull away

Yes, I’ll meet you after midnight

At The Dream Cafe

There’s flowers now on Linn Street

And the new moon just above

They tore down all the houses

Where we used to make love

But, they’d been long abondoned

When we went there, anyway

And I can still smell the lilacs

In the corner of The Dream Cafe

We we’ve only been fighting ten years-

Do you really have to go?

Couldn’t you reconsider

And do it real, real slow?

I like living with you-

I don’t care what you say

I don’t care who you meet

At The Dream Cafe

Your eyes roll back to midnight-

Lost in a fantasy

I heard you cry out someone’s name

And baby it was me

But later as we’re walkin'

You seemed so far away

Am I the man you thought you met

At The Dream Cafe?

I’ve come down with a sickness-

I thought you were the cure

But passion seems to promise more

Than friendship can endure

You spelled it out in black and white-

My eyes saw shades of gray

And, so I sit alone tonight

At The Dream Cafe

Heat lightning in the mirror

And the thunder cries out loud

I can be to you-

You could be to me

Just another face in the crowd

The plane don’t leave 'til midnight-

Come with me today

They’ll be plenty of time to be alone

At The Dream Cafe