CAFE MAGNOLIA – LINDA DAVENPORT
There’s a woman at the counter
She wears yesterday’s perfume
She’s humming an old Coltrane tune
As the daylight fills the room
I’m sketching lines on a paper napkin
A skyline made of blues and gray
And wondering how the night-time whispers
All get stolen by the day
Café Magnolia, where the coffee’s strong
And the stories linger long after the song
People come, people go
But the echoes stay don’t you know
Café Magnolia, it holds the truth
In the silence between me and you
The waitress dreams of Barcelona
She saves her tips in a mason jar
She swears that one day she’ll get there
And play her music in a smoky bar
I think of you across the ocean
And the words I never said
They hang above me like a lantern
Or a shadow by the bed
Café Magnolia, where the coffee’s strong
And the stories linger long after the song
People laugh, people cry
As the seasons stumble by
Café Magnolia, it keeps the flame
Even when nothing feels the same
Every stranger is a poet
Every moment is a rhyme
But the café only holds you
For a fragile stretch of time
Café Magnolia, with its crooked chairs
Where the world feels lighter in the smoky air
You can lose yourself, you can find a friend
But every story has to end
And I’m still sketching skylines
In the morning light
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