The Regular

Walk through the door

Feels like I've been here before

Some kind of deja-vu

But I feel fairly certain 

That I'd remember you

We're just sitting alone

It seems like everybody's

Staring at their phones

It's hard to see beyond yourself

But look at me

I'm just looking at everybody else

I am the regular

Just an ordinary guy

Wasting my time

Got nowhere else to be

I just stopped in to see

If I could get my usual, oh, oh...

My usual, oh, oh...

Turn the jukebox on

Play all my favorite songs

And when you're sitting next to me

I'll try not to sing 

All the melodies out of key

With just a little help from my friends

I take my seat down at the end

I know the servers all by name

Even though their schedules

Aren't always the same

I am the regular

Just an ordinary guy

Wasting my time

Got nowhere else to be

I just stopped in to see

If I could get my usual, oh, oh...

My usual, oh, oh...

[instrumental break]

I am the regular

Just an ordinary guy

Wasting my time

Got nowhere else to be

I just stopped in to see

If I could get my usual, oh, oh...

My usual, oh, oh...

Turn on the ugly lights 

I guess it must be getting to be

That time of night

Everyone's putting on their coats

While the bartenders

Are calling up a toast

To all the regulars at the bar

Hope you don't have to go too far

Someone can always call you a ride

We'll see you back here

Again tomorrow night

We are the regulars

Buzzing like barflies 

Wasting our time

Got nowhere else to be

I just stopped in to see

If I could get my usual, oh, oh...

My usual, oh, oh...

My usual

© 2021 Zach Sands, PhD