Curtains movie - Coffee Shop Nights lyrics
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Cioffi (spoken):<br>
Detectives have no opening night, Miss Harris. We make our entrance after the curtain has fallen on someone else’s life.<br>
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Nikki:<br>
It isn’t wrong to be married to one’s work, is it?<br>
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Cioffi:<br>
Ah, no. No, not at all. Sometimes it’s no honeymoon.<br>
I love my job.<br>
(sung) I really do<br>
And if I say so myself<br>
I’m good at it too<br>
I catch the bad guys<br>
Well, most of the time<br>
So it’s a good life<br>
A perfectly good life<br>
Not exactly sublime<br>
When I’ve finished my work<br>
And I crawl into bed<br>
I reflect as I turn out the lights<br>
That the day that’s to come<br>
And the week that’s ahead <br>
Will be lunch counter mornings<br>
And coffee shop nights<br>
Lunch counter mornings <br>
And coffee shop nights<br>
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Nikki (spoken):<br>
Well it’s reassuring to have such a dependable schedule. Like matinees every Wednesday!<br>
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Cioffi:<br>
Or brisket and broad beans each Thurday!<br>
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Nikki:<br>
With your friends!<br>
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Cioffi:<br>
Yeah, well<br>
(sung) I like my pals<br>
The guys on the force<br>
We’re not very social<br>
They’re all married, of course<br>
Sometimes we go bowling<br>
Or have a few beers<br>
So it’s a fine life<br>
A perfectly fine life<br>
I'd give it … two cheers<br>
'Cause sometimes I think <br>
At the end of the day<br>
As I read the last burglar his rights<br>
That the life that I lead <br>
Is a little bit gray<br>
With its lunch counter mornings <br>
And coffee shop nights<br>
Lunch counter mornings<br>
And coffee shop nights<br>
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Nikki (spoken):<br>
But your acting roles. Well don’t they make for a change?<br>
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Cioffi:<br>
Oh, Miss Harris, each year from May 23rd to the 12th of June when I turn my life over to the Swallow Street Players, that’s<br>
more than a vacation for me. That’s an overture of hope! That’s the curtain rising on the greatest joy of my life. But the<br>
rest of the year …<br>
(sung) The life that I lead<br>
That’s a little bit gray<br>
There are plenty of low days<br>
And not many heights<br>
Mostly lunch counter mornings<br>
And coffee shop nights<br>
Lunch counter mornings<br>
And coffee shop nights<br>
(spoken) I don’t mean to seem forward, but might I walk you home?<br>
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Nikki:<br>
Oh, I’d be delighted! But, you said we’re not allowed to leave.<br>
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Cioffi: <br>
Damn!<br>
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[Thanks to Twoey for lyrics]<br>
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