Same Seat at the Back of the Diner

Lyrics

Fifteen years since we shared a booth
Two old friends and a lot of truth
He walked in slow with a little more grey
Same crooked smile from the old school days
We used to split fries with the change we found
Dreaming out loud in this same sound
Now suits and kids and a long commute
Two grown men in the same old booth

Coffee cooling
Stories flowing
Time moves quick
But we're still growing

Same seat at the back of the diner
Same old friends and the years got finer
Pour another cup, let the past rewind
Same seat at the back, left the world behind
Fifteen years but the bond don't fade
Same seat at the back, memories made

He said I read your lyrics on a sign one day
I said you're the reason I never walked away
We laughed about the rhymes we wrote on napkins
Dreams we carried through the grind and the traffic
Waitress knew our order like she heard it before
Pie on the table and a little bit more
We talked about the ones we lost along the way
Quiet for a minute, then we started to say

Coffee cooling
Stories flowing
Time moves quick
But we're still growing

Same seat at the back of the diner
Same old friends and the years got finer
Pour another cup, let the past rewind
Same seat at the back, left the world behind
Fifteen years but the bond don't fade
Same seat at the back, memories made

Closing time and the lights go low
Neither one of us wants to go
Hug in the lot by the old pickup
Promise to return before we're grown up
Don't wait a decade for the next hello
Call me tomorrow, let the friendship grow
Neon sign flickering open still
Some bonds stay young on the window sill

Same seat at the back of the diner
Same old friends and the years got finer
Pour another cup, let the past rewind
Same seat at the back, left the world behind
Fifteen years but the bond don't fade
Same seat at the back, memories made

Same seat, same friend
Back at the booth again