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TOM WAITS lyrics : "Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson)"

nighthawks at the diner
of Emma's 49er, there's a rendezvous
of strangers around the coffee urn tonight

all the gypsy hacks, the insomniacs
now the paper's been read
now the waitress said


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eggs and sausage and a side of toast

coffee and a roll, hash browns over easy
chile in a bowl with burgers and fries
what kind of pie?


In a graveyard charade, a late shift masquerade
2 for a quarter, dime for a dance

with Woolworth rhinestone diamond
earrings, and a sideway's glance
and now the register rings

and now the waitress sings

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the classified section offered no direction
it's a cold caffeine in a nicotine cloud

now the touch of your fingers
lingers burning in my memory
I've been 86ed from your scheme

I'm in a melodramatic nocturnal scene
I'm a refugee from a disconcerted affair
as the lead pipe morning falls

and the waitress calls

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