Tom’s Diner by Suzanne Vega



Tom’s Diner by Suzanne Vega

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

Tue other way

As they are kissing

Their hellos

And I’m pretending

Not to see them

And 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

Has gotten wet

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…

American words: counter = bar; diner = restaurant; café; funnies = cartoons, jokes

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Tenses

Present Simple

|An Englishman in New York    Sting |My Name Is Luka   Suzanne Vega |

| | |

|I don't drink coffee I take tea my dear |I live on the second floor |

|I like my toast done on the side |I live upstairs from you, Yes I think you've seen me before |

|And you can hear it in my accent when I talk |If you hear something late at night, Some kind of trouble, some kind|

|I'm an Englishman in New York |of fight |

|See me walking down Fifth Avenue |Just don't ask me what it was ( x3 ) |

|A walking cane here at my side |Maybe it's because I'm clumsy, I try not to talk too loud |

|I take it everywhere I walk |Maybe it's because I'm crazy, I try not to act too proud |

|I'm an Englishman in New York |They only hit until you cry, And after that you don't ask why |

|I'm an alien |You just don't argue anymore ( x3 ) |

|I'm a legal alien |Yes, I think I'm okay, Walked into the door again |

|I'm an Englishman in New York |If you ask that's what I'll say, And it's not your business anyway |

|I'm an alien |I guess I'd like to be alone, With nothing broken, nothing thrown |

|I'm a legal alien |Just don't ask me how I am ( x3 ) |

|I'm an Englishman in New York |My name is Luka, I live on the second floor |

|If "manners make man" as someone said |I live upstairs from you, Yes I think you've seen me before |

|Then he's the hero of the day |If you hear something late at night, Some kind of trouble, some kind|

|It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile |of fight |

|Be yourself no matter what they say |Just don't ask me what it was ( x3 ) |

|I'm an alien |And they only hit until you cry |

|I'm a legal alien |And after that you don't ask why |

|I'm an Englishman in New York |You just don't argue anymore ( x3 ) |

|I'm an alien | |

|I'm a legal alien | |

|I'm an Englishman in New York | |

|Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety | |

|You could end up as the only one | |

|Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society | |

|At night a candle's brighter than the sun | |

|Takes more than combat gear to make a man | |

|Takes more than license for a gun | |

|Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can | |

|A gentleman will walk but never run | |

|If "manners maketh man" as someone said | |

|Then he's the hero of the day | |

|It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile | |

|Be yourself no matter what they say | |

|I'm an alien | |

|I'm a legal alien | |

|I'm an Englishman in New York | |

|I'm an alien | |

|I'm a legal alien | |

|I'm an Englishman in New York | |

|Lemon Tree Fools Garden |

|(Present Progressiv) |

|I'm sitting here in a boring room |

|It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon |

|I'm wasting my time, I got nothing to do |

|I'm hanging around, I'm waiting for you |

|But nothing ever happens, and I wonder |

| |

|I'm driving around in my car |

|I'm driving too fast, I'm driving too far |

|I'd like to change my point of view |

|I feel so lonely, I'm waiting for you |

|But nothing ever happens, and I wonder |

| |

|I wonder how, I wonder why |

|Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky |

|And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree |

|I'm turning my head up and down |

|I'm turning, turning, turning, turning, turning around |

|And all that I can see is just another lemon tree |

| |

|Sing! Da, da da dee da, etc. |

| |

|I'm sitting here, I miss the power |

|I'd like to go out taking a shower |

|But there's a heavy cloud inside my head |

|I feel so tired, put myself into bed |

|Where nothing ever happens, and I wonder |

| |

|Isolation, is not good for me |

|Isolation, I don't want to sit on a lemon tree |

|I'm stepping around in a desert of joy |

|Baby anyhow I'll get another toy |

|And everything will happen, and you'll wonder |

| |

|I wonder how I wonder why |

|Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue, blue sky |

|And all that I can see is just another lemon tree |

|I'm turning my head up and down |

|I'm turning, turning, turning, turning, turning around |

|And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree |

| |

|And I wonder, wonder, I wonder how I wonder why |

|Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue, blue sky |

|And all that I can see (dit dit dit) |

|And all that I can see (dit dit dit) |

|And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree |

Past tense

|Because You Loved Me   Celine Dion |Return to Sender    Elvis Presley |

| | |

|For all those times you stood by me |I gave a letter to the postman, |

|For all the truth that you made me see |he put it his sack. |

|For all the joy you brought to my life |But in early next morning, |

|For all the wrong that you made right |he brought my letter back. |

|For every dream you made come true |She wrote upon it: |

|For all the love I found in you |Return to sender, address unknown. |

|I'll be forever thankful baby |No such number, no such zone. |

|You're the one who held me up |We had a quarrel, a lover's spat |

|Never let me fall |I write I'm sorry but my letter keeps coming back. |

|You're the one who saw me through through it all |So then I dropped it in the mailbox |

|You were my strength when I was weak |And sent it special D. |

|You were my voice when I couldn't speak |But in early next morning |

|You were my eyes when I couldn't see |it came right back to me. |

|You saw the best there was in me |She wrote upon it: |

|Lifted me up when I couldn't reach |Return to sender, address unknown. |

|You gave me faith 'coz you believed |No such number, no such zone. |

|I'm everything I am |This time I'm gonna take it myself |

|Because you loved me |and put it right in her hand. |

|You gave me wings and made me fly |And if it comes back the very next day |

|You touched my hand I could touch the sky |then I'll understand the writing on it |

|I lost my faith, you gave it back to me |Return to sender, address unknown. |

|You said no star was out of reach |No such person, no such zone. |

|You stood by me and I stood tall | |

|I had your love I had it all | |

|I'm grateful for each day you gave me | |

|Maybe I don't know that much | |

|But I know this much is true | |

|I was blessed because I was loved by you | |

|You were my strength when I was weak | |

|You were my voice when I couldn't speak | |

|You were my eyes when I couldn't see | |

|You saw the best there was in me | |

|Lifted me up when I couldn't reach | |

|You gave me faith 'coz you believed | |

|I'm everything I am | |

|Because you loved me | |

|You were always there for me | |

|The tender wind that carried me | |

|A light in the dark shining your love into my life | |

|You've been my inspiration | |

|Through the lies you were the truth | |

|My world is a better place because of you | |

|You were my strength when I was weak | |

|You were my voice when I couldn't speak | |

|You were my eyes when I couldn't see | |

|You saw the best there was in me | |

|Lifted me up when I couldn't reach | |

|You gave me faith 'coz you believed | |

|I'm everything I am | |

|Because you loved me | |

Present Perfect

|She's Leaving Home    The Beatles |Morning Has Broken   Cat Stevens |

| | |

|Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins |Morning has broken, like the first morning |

|Silently closing her bedroom door |Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird |

|Leaving the note that she hoped would say more |Praise for the singing, praise for the morning |

|She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief |Praise for them springing fresh from the world |

|Quietly turning the backdoor key |Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven |

|Stepping outside she is free |Like the first dewfall, on the first grass |

|She (We gave her most of our lives) |Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden |

|is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives) |Sprung in completeness where his feet pass |

|home (We gave her everything money could buy) |Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning |

|She's leaving home after living alone |Born of the one light, eden saw play |

|For so many years. Bye, bye |Praise with elation, praise every morning |

|Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown |God's recreation of the new day |

|Picks up the letter that's lying there | |

|Standing alone at the top of the stairs | |

|She breaks down and cries to her husband | |

|Daddy, our baby's gone | |

|Why could she treat us so thoughtlessly | |

|Why could she do this to me | |

|She (We never thought for ourselves) | |

|is leaving (Never a thought for ourselves) | |

|home (We struggled hard all our lives to get by) | |

|She's leaving home after living alone | |

|For so many years. Bye, bye | |

|Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away | |

|Waiting to keep the appointment she made | |

|Meeting a man from the motor trade | |

|She (What did we do was wrong) | |

|is having (We didn't know it was wrong) | |

|fun (Fun is the one thing that money can't buy) | |

|Something inside was always denied | |

|For so many years. Bye, bye | |

|She's leaving home bye, bye | |

Future

|All My Loving    The Beatles | |

| | |

|Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, | |

|Tomorrow I'll miss you; | |

|Remember I'll always be true. | |

|And then while I'm away, | |

|I'll write home every day, | |

|And I'll send all my loving to you. | |

|I'll pretend that I'm kissing | |

|the lips I am missing | |

|And hope that my dreams will come true. | |

|And then while I'm away, | |

|I'll write home every day, | |

|And I'll send all my loving to you. | |

|All my loving I will send to you. | |

|All my loving, darling I'll be true. | |

|Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, | |

|Tomorrow I'll miss you; | |

|Remember I'll always be true. | |

|And then while I'm away, | |

|I'll write home every day, | |

|And I'll send all my loving to you. | |

|All my loving I will send to you. | |

|All my loving, darling I'll be true. | |

|All my loving, All my loving ooh, | |

|All my loving I will send to you. | |

Comparison Phrasel verbs

|My Love   Petula Clark |Father and Son    Cat Stevens |

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|My love is warmer than the warmest sunshine |It's not time to make a change |

|Softer than a sigh. |Just relax, take it easy |

|My love is deeper than the deepest ocean |You're still young, that's your fault |

|Wider than the sky. |There's so much you have to know |

|My love is brighter than the brightest star |Find a girl, settle down |

|That shines every night above |If you want, you can marry |

|And there is nothing in this world |Look at me, I am old |

|That can ever change my love |But I'm happy |

|Something happened to my heart the day that I met you |I was once like you are now |

|Something that I never felt before |And I know that it's not easy |

|You are always on my mind no matter what I do |To be calm when you've found |

|And everyday it seems that I want you more |Something going on |

|My love is warmer than the warmest sunshine |But take your time, think a lot |

|Softer than a sigh. |I think of everything you've got |

|My love is deeper than the deepest ocean |For you will still be here tomorrow |

|Wider than the sky. |But your dreams may not |

|My love is brighter than the brightest star |How can I try to explain |

|That shines every night above |When I do he turns away again |

|And there is nothing in this world |And it's always been the same |

|That can ever change my love |Same old story |

|Once I thought that love was meant for anyone else but me |From the moment I could talk |

|Once I thought you'd never come my way |I was ordered to listen |

|Now it only goes to show how wrong we all can be |Now there's a way and I know |

|For now I have to tell you everyday |That I have to go away |

|My love is warmer than the warmest sunshine |I know I have to go |

|Softer than a sigh |It's not time to make a change |

|My love is deeper than the deepest ocean |Just sit down and take it slowly |

|Wider than the sky |You're still young that's your fault |

|My love is brighter than the brightest star |There's so much you have to go through |

|That shines every night above |Find a girl, settle down |

|And there is nothing in this world |If you want, you can marry |

|That can ever change my love |Look at me, I am old |

|My love is warmer than the warmest sunshine |But I'm happy |

|Softer than a sigh |All the times that I've cried |

|My love is deeper than the deepest ocean |Keeping all the things I knew inside |

|Wider than the sky |And it's hard, but it's harder |

|My love is brighter than the brightest star |To ignore it |

|That shines every night above |If they were right I'd agree |

|And there is nothing in this world |But it's them they know, not me |

|That can ever change my love |Now there's a way and I know |

| |That I have to go away |

| |I know I have to go |

Conditional songs

|If I Had A Hammer    Pete Seeger |If I Were A Rich Man |

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|If I had a hammer |If I Were A Rich Man, |

|I'd hammer in the morning |Daidle, Deedle, Daidle, Digguh, |

|I'd hammer in the evening |Digguh, Deedle, Daidle, Dum. |

|All over this land |All Day Long I`D Biddy, Biddy Bum, |

|I'd hammer out danger |If I Were A Wealthy Man. |

|I'd hammer out a warning |Wouldn`T Have To Work Hard, |

|I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters |Daidle, Deedle, Daidle, Digguh, |

|All over this land |Digguh, Deedle, Daidle, Dum. |

|If I had a bell |If I Were A Biddy, Biddy Rich, |

|I'd ring it in the morning |Digguh, Digguh, Deedle, Daidle Man. |

|I'd ring it in the evening |I’d Build A Big Tall House With Rooms By The Dozen, |

|All over this land |Right In The Middle Of The Town; |

|I'd ring out danger |A Fine Tin Roof With Real Wooden Floors Below. |

|I'd ring out a warning |There Could Be One Long Stair Case Just Going Up |

|I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters |And One Even Longer Coming Down; |

|All over this land |And One More Leading Nowhere Just For Show. |

|If I had a song |I'd Fill My Yard With Chicks And Turkeys |

|I'd sing it in the morning |And Geese And Ducks |

|I'd sing it in the evening |For The Town To See And Hear; |

|All over this land |Squawking Just As Noisily As They Can. |

|I'd sing out danger |And Each Loud Quack And Cluck And Gobble And Honk |

|I'd sing out a warning |Will Land Like A Trumpet On The Ear; |

|I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters |As If To Say Here Lives A Wealthy Man. |

|All over this land |Chorus |

|Well I've got a hammer |I See My Wife Golden Looking Like A Rich Man`s Wife |

|And I've got a bell |With A Proper Double Chin; |

|And I've got a song to sing |Supervising Meals To Her Heart’s Delight. |

|All over this land |I See Her Putting On Airs |

|It's the hammer of justice |And Strutting Like A Peacock |

|It's the bell of freedom |Oy! What A Happy Mood She’s In. |

|It's the song about love between my brothers and my sisters |Screaming At The Servants Day And Night. |

|All over this land |The Most Important Men In Town Will Come To Fawn On Me; |

| |They Will Ask Me To Advise Them, |

| |Like Solomon The Wise, |

| |`If You Please, Reb Tevye, Pardon Me, Reb Tevye.` |

| |Posing Problems That Would Cross A Rabbi`s Eyes. |

| |Boi, Boi, Boi, Boi, Boi, Boi, Boi, Boi, Boi. |

| |And It Won’t Make One Bit Of Difference |

| |If I Answer Right Or Wrong? |

| |When You’re Rich, They Think You Really Know. |

| |If I Were Rich, I'd Have The Time That I Lack, |

| |To Sit In A Synagogue And Pray; |

| |And Maybe Have A Seat By The Eastern Wall. |

| |And I'd Discuss The Holy Books With The Learned Men Seven Hours |

| |Every Day; |

| |This Would Be The Sweetest Thing Of All. |

| |Chorus |

| |Lord, Who Made The Lion And The Lamb, |

| |You Decreed I Should Be What I Am; |

| |Would It Spoil Some Vast Eternal Plan, |

| |If I Were A Wealthy Man? |

|If You Leave Me Now   Chicago |Tears In Heaven Eric Clapton     |

| | |

|If you leave me now |Would you know my name if I saw you in Heaven |

|You’ll take away the biggest part of me |Would it be the same if I saw you in Heaven |

|Oo, oo, oo, no, baby, please don’t go |I must be strong and carry on |

|And if you leave me now |`Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven |

|You’ll take away the very heart of me |Would you hold my hand if I saw you in Heaven |

|Oo, oo, oo, no, baby, please don’t go |Would you help me stand if I saw you in Heaven |

|Oo, oo, oo, girl, I just want you to stay |I'll find my way through night and day |

|A love like ours is love that’s hard to find |`Cause I know I just can't stay here in heaven |

|How could we let it slip away ? |Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees |

|We’ve come too far to leave it all behind |Time can break your heart have you beggin, please |

|How could we end it all this way ? |Beggin, please |

|When tomorrow comes and we both regret |Beyond the door there's peace for sure |

|The things we said today |And I know there'll be no more tears in heaven |

|A love like ours is love that’s hard to find |Would you know my name if I saw you in Heaven |

|How could we let it slip away ? |Would it be the same if I saw you in Heaven |

|We’ve come too far to leave it all behind |I must be strong and carry on |

|How could we end it all this way ? |`Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven |

|When tomorrow comes and we both regret | |

|The things we said today | |

|If you leave me now | |

|You’ll take away the biggest part of me | |

|Oo, oo, oo, no, baby, please don’t go | |

|Oo, oo, girl, I’ve just got to have you by my side | |

|Oo, oo, oo, no, baby, please don’t go | |

|Oo, ah, ah, I’ve just got to have you, girl | |

|El Condor Pasa/If I Could    Simon and Garfunkel | |

| | |

|I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail | |

|Yes I would, if I could, I surely would | |

|I'd rather be a hammer than a nail | |

|Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would | |

|Away, I'd rather sail away | |

|Like a swan that's here and gone | |

|A man gets tired out to the ground | |

|He gives the world | |

|Its saddest sound | |

|Its saddest sound | |

|I'd rather be a forest than a street | |

|Yes I would, if I could, I surely would | |

|I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet | |

|Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would | |

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