Chinese Restaurant Lyrics

I called you back from a Chinese Restaurant payphone

Hadn't been used in twenty years

Must've spent ten dollars opening up rolls of quarters

Your answering machine is all I hear

And it's so hard, so hard to get through to you

I eat my shrimp fried rice in a liminal space

And I don't know if you'll be home tomorrow

But God I hope to see you back at our place

Why do Chinese Restaurants make me feel strange?

Maybe it's the koi fish or the chairs

Maybe it's all there to make me feel more sane

When I can't hear your voice

And baby, you're not there

Look at their proud little family

Someone's son and daughter on the wall

They left San Francisco now they're both making a living

While I'm dying 'cause you won't return my call

Why do Chinese Restaurants make me feel strange?

Maybe it's the cat who waves hello

Maybe it's all there to make me feel more sane

When I can't hear your voice

And god, I'm feeling low

Yeah yeah yeah