Two Seats at the Counter

Two seats at the counter

One for me and one for you

You're getting off as I am getting started
There's half an hour the city lets us keep
You order eggs; I order something sweeter
You say I ought to get a little sleep
I draw the street I live on with a sugar packet
You turn it round and say, I know the place

The waitress doesn't ask us what we're doing
She puts two cups between our different days

Two seats at the counter
And the whole night fits between our hands
We don't get the time that other lovers get
But we keep making something of the chance

You traded Tuesday with a girl called Rosa
I moved a meeting I could never move
We tried the place with all the little candles
Spent the evening wishing for our counter
You said, We don't have to dress this up to keep it
I said I like the way you know my face

Two seats at the counter
And the whole night fits between our hands
We don't get the time that other lovers get
But we keep making something of the chance

It isn't that we couldn't want a bigger life
A morning where we don't watch every clock
It's that you make a little room inside this one
And I keep finding reasons not to stop

Two seats at the counter
And the whole night fits between our hands
We don't get the time that other lovers get
But we keep making something of the chance

Two seats at the counter
Two seats at the counter
Will you be here tomorrow?
If you will
Then I will too