Inglese 2 - Tom's Diner

I am sitting in the morning
at the diner on the corner
I am waiting at the counter
for the man to pour the coffee
and he fills it only halfway
and before I even argue
he is looking out the window
at somebody coming in.

do do do...

"It is always nice to see you",
says the man behind the counter
to the woman who has come in –
she is shaking her umbrella.
And I look the other way
as they are kissing their hellos,
and I'm pretending not to see them,
and instead I pour the milk.

do do do...

I open up the paper:
there's a story of an actor
who had died while he was drinking –
it was no one I had heard of.
And I'm turning to the horoscope
and looking for the funnies,
when I'm feeling someone watching me
and so I raise my head.

do do do...

There's a woman on the outside
looking inside: does she see me?
No, she does not really see me
'cause she sees her own reflection.
And I'm trying not to notice
that she's hitching up her skirt
and while she's straightening her stockings
her hair has gotten wet.

do do do....

Oh, this rain it will continue
through the morning as I'm listening
to the bells of the cathedral...

[I am thinking of your voice]