As you know, New Jersey is the diner capital of the world. Stephen, Shaine and I saw proof of this on our way home from the Reel Big Fish/Streetlight Manifesto show at Ramapo last night. While we were driving down 17 back to the Parkway, Stephen was drooling out the window at all the shiny, lit-up diners along the side of the highway. He recalled the lyrics that Jamie and I wrote a few years ago when the Princess Maria Diner was built and requested that I post them on my LJ for everyone to enjoy. So, here they are.
They Have Built Us A Diner
(to the tune of “I Will Buy You A New Life” by Everclear)
Here is the menu that will show you
Yeah, what you can eat in here
Come in and sit down
So we can eat again
Finally there’s a place we can go to
To hang out every night of the year
The first one in this town
We have never had the joy of a shiny restaurant
I know we will always look back
We couldn’t wait for it’s arrival
Yeah, and they didn’t know why
We go in and we go sit down
Inside our favorite booth
Yeah, I guess it’s doing okay
Our waiter is the strangest guy
Can you belive he actually thinks
That the diner used to fly?
They have built us a diner
But it isn’t brand new
They have built us a diner
Big and shiny and blue
I will take you there sometime
And you can pay our bill
I will take you there sometime
Yes I will
I know all about that other one
That boring place that was never fun
I don’t what we did before
We spent all of our time there
They might make you think you’re happy
Yeah, maybe for a minute or two
But it’s not the real thing
No, it’s not unless it’s shiny and blue
They have built us a diner
But it isn’t brand new
They have built us a diner
Big and shiny and blue
We’ll have gravy fries sometime
And you can pay our bill
We’ll have gravy fries sometime
Yeah, they have built us a diner
I know we will always look back
Can you please go with me tonight?
Can you please go with me tonight?
Yes I will
They have built us a diner
But it isn’t brand new
They have built us a diner
Perfect, shiny and blue
They have built us a diner
They have built us a diner
I will go there, won’t you?
They have built us a diner
Perfect, shiny and blue
They have built us a diner
They have built us a diner
They have built us a diner
(19 January 1999)
Mmm. Makes me want cheese-and-gravy fries and a pizza burger.
