Annenmaykantereit Tom’s Diner is a song written by American songwriter Suzanne Vega. The writer who is a singer too wrote it in 1982. The song was first released in January 1984 as a track. It was released as a single in Europe in 1987. Later the British group DNA used it as a remix in 1990.
The song Tom Diner is the song of Tom’s restaurant in New York. It is a 20th-century diner on Broadway street 112. This diner became popular as it was used as the location for Monk’s Café, a popular television program.
The song which can now be gotten in mp3 download, is the narration of a person stopping at the diner for coffee. He reads the newspaper there and sees the women. He sees who is entering the diner and who prefers to stand outside in the rain. Meanwhile, the bell rings in the nearby cathedral and that brings a recollection of a past event to his mind. He remembers a companion and a picnic. In the end, he leaves the diner to catch the train.
Background:
The songwriter Vega wrote this song after the comments of her friend Brian Rose, Brian Rose was a photographer and he mentioned the situation of a diner in his photograph. He said that he sees his whole life through the glass pane. The songwriter has written the experience of life from a masculine viewpoint.
Lyrics:
I am sitting
In the morning
At the diner
On the corner
I am waiting
At the counter
For the man
To pour the coffee
And he fills it
Only halfway
And before
I even argue
He is looking
Out the window
At somebody
Coming in
It is always
Nice to see you
Says the man
Behind the counter
To the woman
Who has come in
She is shaking
Her umbrella
And I look
The other way
As they are kissing
Their hellos
I’m pretending
Not to see them
Instead
I pour the milk
I open
Up the paper
There’s a story
Of an actor
Who had died
While he was drinking
It was no one
I had heard of
And I’m turning
To the horoscope
And looking
For the funnies
When I’m feeling
Someone watching me
And so
I raise my head
There’s a woman
On the outside
Looking inside
Does she see me?
No, she does not
Really see me
Cause she sees
Her own reflection
And I’m trying
Not to notice
That she’s hitching
Up her skirt
And while she’s
Straightening her stockings
Her hair
Has gotten wet
Oh, this rain
It will continue
Through the morning
As I’m listening
To the bells
Of the cathedral
I am thinking
Of your voice…
And of the midnight picnic
Once upon a time
Before the rain began…
I finish up my coffee
It’s time to catch the train
Album:
Solitudtanding
Genre:
Pop music
Producer:
The producer of the song is Steve Addabbo Lenny Kaye
