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Japanese Waitress

from Best Wishes by MAITA

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lyrics

Pour me a glass I know this week we said we’d stay dry

But Jesus I thought that man would never leave

His suit is from Texas the room it bulged from the sheer size of his body and pride He asked me when I would walk on his back

I just had to laugh and fill up his glass

He looks at me when he says that his son needs a girl

Like I wait around for duty to call on me

But I must move on cause my boss says to evenly scatter my youth and my praise I must love them all the most and the same
I hate pouring tea, it’s not what I studied to do

I will pour the tea, that’s what they pay me to do
Yuko she waits for a man to buy up all her time

She may not look it but she’s getting too old for this

Still she smiles when she speaks of the father her children lost He was a real rocket scientist

Now she works her shifts and goes home and feeds her kids
She will pour the tea, it’s what she is trained to do But not like this and not for you
They say go be free, quit this place now and follow your dreams I caught myself watching the blue sky like it was a prize

Jose says my hands could be softer than they in fact are

He tells me if I have the chance I must go be a star
He spent twenty years building his dream on his hard earned Beaverton property Says he’s selling it soon, he’s scared of this country

Says he’s moving back south, he’s scared of this country
I will pour the tea, I know they will pay me

I will pour the tea cause art is not free

Now I lay back tomorrow comes round too fast So Matthew please won’t you pour me a glass

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from Best Wishes, released May 15, 2020

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