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Table for Two

from Free Spirited Like Me by Mandy Woods

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One of my favourite things about living in Austin, Texas was brunch at the Omeletry - a short stack of gingerbread pancakes smothered in maple syrup, bottomless coffee, and the wonderful ambience of the all-American diner! 'Table for Two', while being a rather tragic love song, takes its inspiration from that. I started writing it when I was living in Austin in the 1990s and it went through numerous rewrites before reaching its final iteration in 2012.

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Table for Two

I’m sitting alone at the counter again,
Behind me’s a table for two,
What use have I for that second chair now,
Now that I haven’t got you,
Oh, now that I haven’t got you?

This was the diner we came to that night,
After I first danced with you,
This was the place where we first really talked,
It was there at that table for two,
This is the diner I’ve come to for years,
Now it only holds memories of you,
And that night and the fight that reduced me to tears,
There at that table for two,
It was there at that table for two.

So now I’m sitting alone at the counter again,
Behind me’s a table for two,
What use have I for that second chair now,
Now that I haven’t got you,
Oh, now that I haven’t got you?

There’s a stool where I now always sit on my own,
And all those around me, they’re also alone,
At the counter I tend to think less about you
Than I would if I sat at that table for two.

Still I come back to this diner most days,
They serve the best heartache in town,
And with it they give you unlimited tears
To wash the bad memories down,
They’ll wash those bad memories down.

So I’m sitting alone at the counter again,
Behind me’s a table for two,
What use have I for that second chair now,
Now that I haven’t got you,
Oh, now that I haven’t got you,
Oh, now that I haven’t got you?

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from Free Spirited Like Me, released August 30, 2023
Written and performed by Mandy Woods. Dobro by Martin Froud.

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Mandy Woods Glastonbury, UK

The transatlantic flavour of Mandy Woods’ songs reflects a decade spent in Austin, Texas. Now based in Somerset, she plays guitar and country blues harmonica and performs at venues around the UK. Mandy also writes songs about dachshunds, as WagsLyrical. ... more

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