She works behind a coffee bar Waiting for the next smile It's raining cats and dogs And people are hurrying by She stands behind a coffee bar Waiting for the next smile The windows are fogged It's been raining for days People come in They shake off their umbrellas They stand to get coffee And don't notice her She's waiting and waiting But no one notices her ... (Solo) She works behind a coffee bar Waiting for the next smile Outside the sun breaks through The sky is brightening She stands behind a coffee bar Waiting for the next smile People are so busy They fold their umbrellas Then people come in And don't notice her They stand to get coffee And don't notice her She's waiting and waiting But no one notices her ...
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It began with a melody from Achim. When I listened, it somehow gave ma a coffeebar athmosphere, and when I was on a business trip the other day, waiting for the check in the hotel, I saw a marker "PLease wait for the next smile!" So the text was born. Jo
I love songs that are telling everyday stories from another person's point of view. Bruce Springsteen, whose older works I still adore, was one of the masters of this kind of lyric writing. And Jo is another one, as he is proving here. Achim