The House Of Coffee
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The house of coffee Is a Russian doll Inside these walls Inside these spoken farragoes Is the house of stories Sometimes it lets a good one get away. Steam rising like smoke Rising like a signal The waitress belongs to the house They call her 'The collector' She finds the yarns never told And those yet to be. A scribbled note a lipstick stain. She says sometimes we let a good one get away Look at the card on the table They are coming cue the door Under this foolish cacophony The people come and go. Under this foolish cacophony The stories remain. Here he comes what a skyscraper and she a Ferris wheel. From his hand to his pocket slides the playing card on the table the King of 'Sleight of hand' He leans across says 'Val nothing changes There's a lullaby playing in my ears One phrase "one day, one day, one day."' She says 'Let's go let's sail close to the wind! Learn the steps learn to dance on the head of a pin. We can be fable stuff. We can be treasure lost From now until the end of our days I can hear your lullaby phrase "One day, one day, one day"' Under this foolish cacophony The people come and go Under this foolish cacophony The stories remain He says 'yes let's go Let's join a traveling freak show Live with all the gargoyles and the misfits Carry the world in a drawstring bag And pack our lives up into a suitcase' He holds the card in his fingers the King of 'Sleight of hand' For a second he sees the house Inside the house inside the house They get up to go And disappear through the steam Rising like a smoke Rising like a signal The waitress clears the table And there beside the empty cup The lullaby quivers like a bird A tender thing, she's smiling as it sings one phrase "one day, one day, one day" There's a tale that is told of a theatre it was fable stuff, this traveling show He what a skyscraper She a Ferris wheel you had to be there you had to see it to believe in Mr. King's 'Sleight of Hand' Beyond the house beyond the house beyond the house.