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Verse 1
You came in at ten to closing, said you weren't hungry
Sat down anyway and never took your coat off
I put a plate in front of you that you did not ask for
And I wiped a clean table for a while
You said the flat has been too quiet since October
I said, yeah. And then I let it be quiet too
Pre-Chorus
There's a rule in here I never wrote down anywhere
But everybody working knows it anyway
Chorus
Nobody eats alone in here
Not on my shift, not on a night like this
Take the corner, take your time, take the whole hour
The lights stay on as long as you're still in it
Verse 2
Ellis, you don't have to say a word to earn a chair
You don't have to be doing any better yet
The soup is the same soup it was last Tuesday
And so is everybody in the room
I know it's not a fix, a bowl and a bad radio
But it's warm, and it's tonight, and it is something
Chorus
Nobody eats alone in here
Not on my shift, not on a night like this
Take the corner, take your time, take the whole hour
The lights stay on as long as you're still in it
Bridge
One day you'll come in laughing with somebody
And I will act like I never saw you low
I'll say, the usual? and you'll say, the usual
And that will be the whole of the announcement
Final Chorus
Nobody eats alone in here
Not on my shift, not on a night like this
Take the corner, take your time, take the whole hour
I'll be here mopping. Stay until you're ready
Outro
Nobody eats alone in here
Not while I've still got keys
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