Reserved for Me

"Will someone be joining you tonight?"
"Baby, somebody already did."
Table for one tonight (party of one)

Walked in at nine in my favorite red
"How many tonight?" and I said
"Just the one, by the window, the good view instead"
Pulled my own chair out, didn't turn my head
Used to need two glasses on the white tablecloth
Used to save the sweet till you showed up soft
Now I order it first and I don't count the cost
Candle for a queen, and the king got lost

Reservation under my own name
Dessert before dinner, and I feel no shame
That chair across from me ain't empty, it's free
Pour another glass, this whole night's for me

Table for one (one), best seat in the house
Lights down low, no one I'm waitin' on
Never knew alone could feel this good
Table for one, right where I should be

Oh-la-la, party of one (party of one)
Oh-la-la, just begun (just begun)
Oh-la-la, look what I've done
No plus-one, still number one

Waiter poured the red and he left the bottle mine
Wore the dress you hated, God, it fits me fine
Whole back booth to myself and the city out the glass
Used to wait on a maybe, now the maybe can pass
Used to shrink myself down to fit inside your plans
Now the whole reservation's in my own two hands
No more holdin' my breath for a "he understands"
I'm the toast of the table, and it's grand

Reservation under my own name
I don't beg for a seat, I'm the proof, not the blame
That chair across from me ain't empty, it's free
Pour another glass, this whole night's for me

Table for one (one), best seat in the house
Lights down low, no one I'm waitin' on
Never knew alone could feel this good
Table for one, right where I should be

That chair across from me ain't a ghost
It's just where my fear used to sit
Took the love I was savin' and I spent it all on me
Check, please, I'll cover it just fine

Table for one (one!), best seat in the house
Lights down low (low!), no one I'm waitin' on
Never knew alone could feel this good
No plus-one, still number one

Oh-la-la, party of one
Table for one, and the candle's still on