The Waitress

A city full of people and my favorite is that waitress
 And she treats me like some kind of common vagrant
 I see her every day, but there's nothing to say
 Unless I decide to step inside of that cafe
 I only get to sit if I buy something to eat
 Otherwise its best to keep my feet moving down that street
 And goddamn, she's a hard bitch
 She talks at like I'm the bad dog that got into the garbage
 Yeah I know that the toilet is for customers
 You ain't gotta tangle up the strings that make this puppet work
 It doesn't have to be a game of paddy-cake
 But it ain't like you don't know I sleep in that alleyway
 And by the way, I can see it in your eyes
 You're angry with your life, not a stranger to the fight
 I bet you hate every man that you date
 And you're probably addicted to all types of escape
 You take it out on me that you're all alone
 When you know you got your own closet full of hollow bones
 Watch the tone when you speak to old folks
 I'm grown, just trying to get out of this Minnesota cold
 "Look lady, I'm homeless, I'm crazy
 I'm so hopeless I'm suicidal daily.
 If you and I can't coexist let's fake it
 'Cause I ain't got the energy it takes for this relationship."
 I'm waiting for a city bus to flatten me
 And transport me to the ever after happily
 Maybe reincarnate, and with luck
 Come back to Earth as a cockroach in your tip cup, huh
 She says she's had it up to here
 She's gonna call authorities if I don't dissapear.
 I love her threats, it rejuvinates my breath
 I give her stress for the reaction that it gets.
 I got a pocket full of panhandled money
 On a cup of bad coffee and a stale honey bun
 In front of everyone she calls me bum
 But she notices my absence on those afternoons I don't come
 So here I am, thorn in her hip
 Corner table all morning with some corn chips
 Ignoring the insults and evil eyes
 I feed off 'em, I wonder when she'll realize
 She's the only reason I visit
 The only woman in my world that acknowledges my existence
 And if my ship ever comes I'll miss it
 Because I'm getting old and I ain't got much left to give it
 So there it is, and I have to live with it
 I had the chance to make a difference but I didn't
 In a cafe bathroom drinking free tap water
 Thinking damn I should have been a better father to my daughter