Lyrics Dream Café - Greg Brown

Dream Café

You were the woman in the blue mask
Standin there beside your dress
All the things I wanted from you
I never could express
I thought I saw you once in Munich
But you slipped away
I’m in the corner with the coffee
At The Dream Cafe
For once I didn’t say anything stupid-
My lover never once looked bored
And soldiers come in smeared with lipstick
Like the last day of war
The band divided up the money
But the drummer could not stay
He said he’s gonna meet us later
At The Dream Cafe
When you turned from the window
In your worn out slip
Put your eyes to my fingers
While the ceiling dripped
I just could not leave you
I heard a motorcycle pull away
Yes, I’ll meet you after midnight
At The Dream Cafe
There’s flowers now on Linn Street
And the new moon just above
They tore down all the houses
Where we used to make love
But, they’d been long abondoned
When we went there, anyway
And I can still smell the lilacs
In the corner of The Dream Cafe
We we’ve only been fighting ten years-
Do you really have to go?
Couldn’t you reconsider
And do it real, real slow?
I like living with you-
I don’t care what you say
I don’t care who you meet
At The Dream Cafe
Your eyes roll back to midnight-
Lost in a fantasy
I heard you cry out someone’s name
And baby it was me
But later as we’re walkin'
You seemed so far away
Am I the man you thought you met
At The Dream Cafe?
I’ve come down with a sickness-
I thought you were the cure
But passion seems to promise more
Than friendship can endure
You spelled it out in black and white-
My eyes saw shades of gray
And, so I sit alone tonight
At The Dream Cafe
Heat lightning in the mirror
And the thunder cries out loud
I can be to you-
You could be to me
Just another face in the crowd
The plane don’t leave 'til midnight-
Come with me today
They’ll be plenty of time to be alone
At The Dream Cafe