Early Bird Café

[Verse] Everybody's laughin' at the Early Bird Café I've been hidden there since yesterday, and I believe I've lost my way Charlotte's there in organdy, and Billy's there in suede There's money in their pockets, and all the dues are paid There's wine on every table, and food on every plate Well I hope I get there pretty soon, before it gets too late Someone asked me what time it was – and I, told him it was now He asked me just what that might mean, but time would not allow So I gave away my watch to a passing businessman Well I hope he understands it now – cause I've done the best I can It was getting early, so I rushed away from there With that ancient earth beneath my feet And new dust in my hair Well I ran on down the road a while, to the other side of town My clothes were gettin' wrinkled, and my socks were fallin' down But I could not stop to pull them up, for fear that I'd be late So I kept on runnin' down the road until I saw the gate – Of the Early Bird Cafe, glowin' golden like the sun Everybody kept on singing, saying: "Come on in, we've just begun!" So I went right in, and I set right down, and I ordered up some wine The talk was fast & clever, and the women all were fine Charlotte asked me where I'd been with her jade and ivory eyes I told her I'd been hung up, with some begger in disguise Well she laughed like temple bells Kissed me on the cheek and said: "You know it's hard to be alive sometimes... But it's easy... To be dead!"