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Why does the waitress keep bringing the flaming fish platter

when you ordered the souffle?

It's that you're thinking of your fantasy lover

and wishing you were in her warm embrace.

This restaurant scene is blowing your mind,

as the jazz band burns and blows and jumps.

The dancers haven't even touched their food

and you feel like a starving dog

sniffing through a dump.

Flashing neon lights and a bleeding drunk in the dark

Are making your blood pump faster and

twisting your precious little heart.

And you're wishing things would come together,

like a nickel with two heads,

And you're still wishing that your dream lover

hadn't embarrassed you tonight and

left you choking on your beer,

left you holding up a parking meter,

left you wishing you were somebody else

instead.