The Diner Promise

I parked the sleek black car around the block

Walked through the rain to the neon clock

Same cracked leather on the corner booth

Smelling of coffee and forgotten youth

She set the heavy ceramic mug down low

Looked through my collar and the outward show

She said I'd know those eyes in any crowd

You're the quiet boy who made his mother proud (yeah)

And the gold on my wrist started to fade

Under the light of the choices I made

I climbed so high just to look back down

And find my heart in this sleepy town (ooh)

She smiled and said you used to hide right there

Coloring books by the kitchen stair

Now I see your face on the big marquee

But you still look like that boy to me

And the gold on my wrist started to fade

Under the light of the choices I made

I climbed so high just to look back down

And find my heart in this sleepy town

I left a hundred on the counter top

And watched the rain finally stop

(mmm) Just a boy in the diner light