Chinese Restaurant - Baltimora

I wish I was your comfort I'd build you a nest, you'd be my bluebird I'd shut out the world that don't deserve you And I'd make you a home If I was your journal You could tell me everything you yearned for I'd be the fragile pages that you turn to When you feel alone Oh, I only saw you once In a Chinese restaurant You had your hoodie up Beer in a Styrofoam cup I didn't have the guts to talk you up Oh, I only saw you once In a Chinese restaurant I could be your boyfriend Your confidant, your lover and your best friend The hole in the fence at the dead end Somebody you could get into debt with Come here Oh, I only saw you once In a Chinese restaurant You had your hoodie up Beer in a Styrofoam cup I didn't have the guts to talk you up Oh, I only saw you once In a Chinese restaurant I swear that we locked eyes Under the fluorescent lights I didn't have the guts to talk you up I only saw you and somehow I know I'm right for you I only saw you once so tell me why I'd die for you And all these other girls I see them 'round but they won't do Tell me where are you now, where are you now, oh, oh Oh, I only saw you once In a Chinese restaurant You had your hoodie up Beer in a Styrofoam cup I didn't have the guts to talk you up Oh, I only saw you once In a Chinese restaurant I swear that we locked eyes Under the fluorescent lights I didn't have the guts to talk you up Wish I was your comfort I'd build you a nest, you'd be my bluebird I'd shut out the world that don't deserve you And I'd make you a home

I still freeze when I look at these faded photographs from February Last 22nd or 23rd Shared some dumplings, whispered some words We had two, maybe three bucks saved Between us sat in blankets on the floor Used to wish for money in rain A west side apartment, paper plane Ooh, then you left in May Took the wrong long way back home Wish I'd known that I had all I could want In our tiny apartment above the Chinese restaurant Street sounds blistered with neon lights Heard the neighbors snoring every other night Eating dumplings from next door Finish 'em up, they'd give us some more Didn't realize we had it all Even when the roof came caving in that fall Oh, I loved you more than you know Covered in flakes of crystal white snow Ooh, then you left in May Took the wrong long way back home Wish I'd known that I had all I could want In our tiny apartment above the Chinese restaurant Ooh