Tom's Diner
Suzanne Vega Lyrics

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doodoo, doo
Humming sound made by the singer in the song

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, duhdoodoo
Another humming sound made by the singer in the song

I am sitting in the morning
The singer of the song is sitting in a diner in the morning

At the diner on the corner
The diner that the artist is sitting in is located at a street corner

I am waiting at the counter
The artist is waiting at the counter in the diner

For the man to pour the coffee
The singer is waiting for the man to pour her coffee

And he fills it only halfway
The man pours only half a cup of coffee for the singer

And before I even argue
The artist does not argue with the man for pouring only half a cup of coffee

He is looking out the window
The man is looking out of the window in the diner

At somebody coming in
The man sees someone coming into the diner

"It is always nice to see you"
The man greets the person who comes into the diner with a pleasant remark

Says the man behind the counter
The man who pours the coffee works behind the counter in the diner

To the woman who has come in
The person who has just entered the diner is a woman

She is shaking her umbrella
The woman is shaking off the rain from her umbrella

And I look the other way
The singer looks away from the couple who are kissing when the woman enters

As they are kissing their hellos
The couple are kissing each other to say hello

And I'm pretending not to see them
The artist acts as if she has not seen the couple kissing

And instead I pour the milk
The singer pours the milk into her coffee

I open up the paper
The singer opens a newspaper

There's a story of an actor
The newspaper has a story about an actor

Who had died while he was drinking
The actor had died while drinking

It was no one I had heard of
The artist had never heard of this actor

And I'm turning to the horoscope
The singer turns to the horoscope section of the newspaper

And looking for the funnies
The artist is looking for the comic section of the newspaper

When I'm feeling someone watching me
The singer feels as if someone is watching her

And so I raise my head
The singer raises her head

There's a woman on the outside
There is a woman outside the diner

Looking inside, does she see me?
The woman is looking inside the diner, but the artist is unsure if the woman can see her

No she does not really see me
The woman cannot see the artist

'Cause she sees her own reflection
The woman only sees her own reflection in the diner window

And I'm trying not to notice
The singer is trying not to pay attention to the woman outside

That she's hitching up her skirt
The woman is adjusting or lifting up her skirt

And while she's straightening her stockings
The woman is straightening her stockings

Her hair has gotten wet
The woman's hair has gotten wet in the rain

Oh, this rain it will continue through the morning
The rain will continue throughout the morning

As I'm listening to the bells of the cathedral
The artist hears bells from a nearby cathedral

I am thinking of your voice
The singer is thinking of someone's voice

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doodoo-do
Continuation of humming sound made by the singer in the song