Diner

You might have seen one out in Minnesota

Or maybe down by the sea in Sarasota.

They were made back in Worcester, Mass.

Of aluminum, bakelite and glass

Like a locomotive, they were streamlined

And the blueprints were drawn up from a dream of mine

Slap 'em up, put 'em on the train

Out to Michigan, up to Maine

You may find a diner down in Georgia or Carolina,

Off the twenty by the Piggly Wiggly

In the country out of Waynesboro

When it's getting late and rainy out in New York State

You hang a louie off the throughway

And you go and grab yourself a cheeseburger

At a Little Gem Diner, off six-niner

Diner my shiny, shiny love

In the night you're all I'm thinking of

Diner my shiny, shiny love

The cruiser pulls in where the troopers always stop

As we dine over the chrome and formica table top

The cashier she always squints

By the gum and the bowl of mints

She's tapping her toe

To the Dean Martin on the consolette

Booth service and a cigarette

We're loving it so

Side of fries a dollar

Or the haddock plate two ninety-five

A rootbeer float, a Pepsi

And be sure to save some room for some apple pie

Better make it a-la-mode

Diner my shiny, shiny love

In the night you're all I'm thinking of

Diner my shiny, shiny love

Dean Martin, God rest his soul

Talkin' to me from the cereal bowl

There's a couple from the Show-Me State

Knockin' back a little meatloaf plate

Diner my shiny, shiny love

Diner my shiny, shiny love

Diner my shiny, shiny, shiny love

Chicken and biscuits

With a side of gravy