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    The speaker is sitting alone at a corner diner on a rainy morning, drinking coffee and reading the newspaper. They observe the interactions between the man behind the counter and a woman customer, but try not to notice too much. Eventually another woman outside looks in through the window at her own reflection, adjusting her clothes. The rain continues as the speaker thinks of a past midnight picnic and finishes their coffee to catch the train.

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    The speaker is sitting alone at a corner diner on a rainy morning, drinking coffee and reading the newspaper. They observe the interactions between the man behind the counter and a woman customer, but try not to notice too much. Eventually another woman outside looks in through the window at her own reflection, adjusting her clothes. The rain continues as the speaker thinks of a past midnight picnic and finishes their coffee to catch the train.

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    The speaker is sitting alone at a corner diner on a rainy morning, drinking coffee and reading the newspaper. They observe the interactions between the man behind the counter and a woman customer, but try not to notice too much. Eventually another woman outside looks in through the window at her own reflection, adjusting her clothes. The rain continues as the speaker thinks of a past midnight picnic and finishes their coffee to catch the train.

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    SUZANNE VEGA -"Tom's Diner"

    Has gotten wet


    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
    "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
    I'm pretending
    Not to see them
    Instead
    I pour the milk

    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
    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

    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...
    And of the midnight
    picnic
    Once upon a time
    Before the rain
    began...
    I finish up my coffee
    It's time to catch the
    train

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