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Jeff Mellin - The Man Who Came To Dinner

from Three On A Match by Neil Carlill, Jeff Mellin & King Toad

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Table for two
set on Hawaiian, thrift-store tablecloth
in the the paper-plated corner
of your kitchenette

Cracks in the plaster
leaky faucet in the sink
Still, I think that was as close to perfect
as it ever gets

Not bad for a first try
Not bad for two beginners
and if things had worked out different
I'd be more than just
the man who came to dinner

It ain't too hard to recall
that summer at your parent's place,
the expression on their faces
when we told them 'bout it all

Me and your dad
out there on the front porch
talking politics and sports
just like a son he never had

Well, I hope they're doing fine
down in Miami every winter
'cause if things had worked out different
I'd be more than just
the man who came to dinner

Guess I should stop by
My flight gets in at 5
but my connection's not 'till 9

I've seen your photographs online:
Halloween and Christmas;
Little princess posed beside you
like a witness to your crime

I can see she's got your eyes
There's so much of you in her
And if things had worked out different
I'd be so much more than
the man who came to dinner

(Words & music (c)2011 Jeff Mellin, Sweet Red Onion Publishing, BMI)

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from Three On A Match, released May 26, 2011
Jeff Mellin: Vocals, guitars, wine-glass armonica

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