The Great American Diner Lyrics

a new part in a old play
a professional beauty
a different face every day
momentarily saddened
in more supreme and cheerful
days and nights
my heart breaks in...
and the beat goes: down
for the 21st century shrine
and the beat goes down
for the great american diner
and the beat goes: down
for the 21st century shrine
and the beat goes down
fiercely fake
and the truth never to trace down

a dozen beauties live on stage
a yellow bird in a cage
watch the man in his grey gloves
playing the techno-coloured piano
snap shot - picture taken
short cut snap shot - life was taken
sometimes seized by fits of melancholy
and the beat goes: down
for the 21st century shrine
and the beat goes down
for the great american diner
and the beat goes: down
for the 21st century shrine
and the beat goes down
with a rain-cloud and a great sonic boom

patient help will enter
patient - help will enter
with a raincloud and a sonic...boom!
but all that came was a letter
to whom it may concern
i've taken my life
with a sharp edge
of my funny - wife
and the beat goes: down
for the 21st century shrine
and the beat goes down
for the last american diner
and the beat goes: down
for the 21st century shrine
and the beat goes down
fiercely fake
and the truth never to trace down