"Open All Night" genre: Folk
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	From WAER 88.9 FM's "World Song Shop", 9/10/00
	CD: Where I've Been (upcoming)   Label: independent Credits: Ryan Fitzsimmons - guitar and vocals
	Story Behind the Song One too many nights seeing the sun come up through all-night-diner windows. Lyrics I think I’ve sat with everyone I’ve ever cared about At one time or another in this place Every booth has a different memory Every scratch in the table brings back another face On the wall, cheap, mounted posters of Elvis Still look out on the crowd It’s 2 am; the jukebox is blaring the same old songs The bar drunks are singing out loud The high schoolers sip their coffee Tenth cup for the night And I see little reflections of me In every face under the pink neon light (Chorus) I’m too tired to sleep Wired and week There’s no other place in this town… It isn’t clear Why I’m still here But there’s no other place in this town That’s open all night There’s this blonde She’s sitting at a corner table She looks a lot like a girl I used to know She’s got smile that’s full of childish innocence The kind we all lost so many years ago The waitress lays the check down The blonde lights a cigarette She’s writing down napkin poems About a future that’s not ruined yet (Chorus) Another ash tray Another story Another fifty cent tip Another sick joke Another quick smoke It’s all starting to slip… Every night ends the same way… I lean back into the red metallic vinyl That covers all these worn out seats The windows act like two-way mirrors at this time of night Somehow that just makes it all complete The regulars have different faces But their roles are all the same Mainlining caffeine and nicotine Pretending their future won’t ever change (Chorus)

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