Vinyl booth wears vinyl thin
Lantern oil coffee in the tin
Fresnel lens reflects the grill
Bacon grease pops standing still
Logbook open tide chart spread
Short order tickets daily bread
Beam and batter salt and steam
I trim the wick I feed the dream
Kettle sings like foghorn low
Pie crust golden watch it glow
Coffee black as midnight tide
Beam and batter side by side
Old man Harris claims his stool
Wipes his glasses breaks the rule
Orders eggs holds back the salt
Keeper's coffee in the vault
I sweep the beam at three a.m.
Flip the cakes I don't pretend
Beam and batter salt and steam
I trim the wick I feed the dream
Kettle sings like foghorn low
Pie crust golden watch it glow
Coffee black as midnight tide
Beam and batter side by side
Kettle whistles lens cloth ready
Steam curls round the eggs so steady
Salt air rusts the grill and pan
Wipe the glass the best I can
Tide turns slow the night grows thin
Diner lights burn low within
Beam and batter salt and steam
I trim the wick I feed the dream
Kettle sings like foghorn low
Pie crust golden watch it glow
Coffee black as midnight tide
Beam and batter side by side
Sunrise hits the Formica
Harris pays and walks away
Logbook closed the watch is done
Apron hung the shift is won
Beam still sweeps the empty booth
Batter rests the living proof
Beam and batter salt and steam
I trim the wick I feed the dream
Kettle sings like foghorn low
Pie crust golden watch it glow
Coffee black as midnight tide
Beam and batter side by side
Beam and batter side by side
Kettle quiet turning tide
