Allan Taylor - Scene from a corner cafe

^CAnnette and Charmaine check in at six Choose their pitch for the ^Gnight ^FEasy money that's ^Gwhat they say ^F When you get your mind ^Cright ^CCharmaine wanted to be an actress She never made the ^Ggrade ^FFound it was not so much ^Ggetting the part More a ^Fmatter of getting laid ^{C G C G}

There's ^CSandy, sometimes he's a girl Sometimes she's a ^Gman No ^Fproblem, that's o^Gkay, everybody under^Fstands ^{C C}Points out a drink with a cigarette She's got a cool nonchalant ^Gair ^FFlashing his eyes in the ^Gmirror ^F Casually checking her ^Chair, she doesn't ^Gcare^{C G}

There's a ^Amwhole world out there, passing through ^G I see it every ^Cday Watching me, watching you ^G From a corner ca^Cfé ^{F C F G C G C}

^CThe rich kids come in from the suburbs They're dressing down and hanging ^Gout ^FGetting a taste of the ^Gstreet scene ^F Taking a taxi out ^{C C}They're watching all the girls at the bar They wonder how much they ^Gcost ^FLaughing at the trans^Gvestite ^F She's looking lost ^{C G C G C}

^CAnnette leaves with the big man He's got hairs on the back of his ^Ghand He ^Fsays he'll make her a ^Gbig star ^F And find her a backing band ^{C C}He's old but he's rich so what does she care Life all round is ^Ghard ^FNo one's looking for ^Greal commitment It's just ^Flove on a credit card ^{C G C G}

There's a ^Amwhole world out there, passing through ^G I see it every ^Cday Watching me, watching you ^G From a corner ca^Cfé

^CMe, I'm not that much different I'm hanging out and wasting ^Gtime ^FYeah, I'm still ^Gmissing you ^F But I'm doing fine ^{C C}I sit here watching the world go by I'm on the lonely side of ^Gtown ^FI write songs for the ^Gpeople I see ^F While they're still a^Cround ^{G C G}

There's a ^Amwhole world out there, passing through ^G I see it every ^Cday Watching me, watching you ^G From a corner ca^Cfé