# Songs where someone falls for the waitress/coffee server **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 21, 2005, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879 "2005-01-21T06:31:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/1 "2005-01-21T06:31:31Z")
Shamelessly stolen from the “Movies where…” thread, which I avoided hijacking by posting here. Even though I can only think of two examples of songs: “Alison’s Starting to Happen” by the Lemonheads. Some song by Harry Chapin, can’t remember the name. ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/2 "2005-01-21T06:39:01Z")
“Dear Catastrophe Waitress” by Belle & Sebastian. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/3 "2005-01-21T06:48:07Z")
Showing my age here but there’s “Sugar Shack” by Jimmy Gimer and the Fireballs. (circa early 1960’s) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/4 "2005-01-21T06:50:28Z")
My personal favourite: > [@](#): > > \*Well she’s up against the register with an apron and a spatula, > Yesterday’s deliveries, tickets for the bachelors > She’s a moving violation from her conk down to her shoes, > Well, it’s just an invitation to the blues… […] > > But you can’t take your eyes off her, get another cup of java, > It’s just the way she pours it for you, joking with the customers > Mercy mercy, Mr. Percy, there ain’t nothing back in Jersey > But a broken-down jalopy … of a man I left behind > And the dream that I was chasing, and a battle with booze > And an open invitation to the blues…\* > > –Tom Waits, _Invitation to the blues_ ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/5 "2005-01-21T06:52:45Z")
Human League-Don’t You Want Me? _You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, when I met you_ ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/6 "2005-01-21T07:02:14Z")
Kim the Waitress - Green Pajamas Sometimes she comes with coffee Leaning over pouring I’d like to gently pull her to me Kiss her with no warning Seeing her some sunny Sunday morning ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/7 "2005-01-21T12:54:51Z")
> [@Glory](#): > > Kim the Waitress - Green Pajamas I’ve only ever heard Material Issue doing that one. Green Pajamas dd it first? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/8 "2005-01-21T13:53:12Z")
Kinky Friedman’s “Waittret.” Waittret, please waittret Come sit on my face. Eating ain’t cheating Lord, it ain’t no disgrace. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/9 "2005-01-21T14:01:43Z")
**Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl)**, an oldie by Looking Glass ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/10 "2005-01-21T14:11:40Z")
_I Don’t Even Know Your Nmae_ - Alan Jackson (video with Jeff Foxworthy) Well I was sitting in a roadhouse down on highway 41 You were wiping off some ketchup on a table that was done I knw you didn’t see me, I was in a corner booth Of course you weren’t my waitress mine was missing her front tooth So I flagged you down for coffee But I couldn’t say a thing But I’m in love with you baby and I don’t even know your name And that Reba song from over the summer… _Somewhere Out There_ ?? (wasn’t very good). Truth be told, if I searched long enough, I could fill this thread with Country Music songs with that theme. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/11 "2005-01-21T19:39:37Z")
“ **Frozen Puck to the Head** ,” by Captain Tractor. _He played in the minors, he was a puck stop One day he drove into this truck stop When he saw her above the crowd and the din And his heart made a noise like a truck you forgot to plug in_ ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/12 "2005-01-21T19:43:57Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > I’ve only ever heard Material Issue doing that one. Green Pajamas dd it first? Oh, I’m sorry I don’t know who did it first! I have the Green Pajamas version 🙂 Great song. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/13 "2005-01-21T19:54:56Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Some song by Harry Chapin, can’t remember the name. _A Better Place to Be_. Great song. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/14 "2005-01-21T19:58:06Z")
_His Only Need_ by Wynonna Judd, her first solo single: Billy was a small town loner Who never did dream Of ever leaving southern Arizona Or ever hearing wedding bells ring He never had a lot of luck with the ladies But he sure had a lot of good working skills Never cared about climbing any ladder He knew the way in a small cafe, found the will. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/15 "2005-01-21T19:58:20Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Human League-Don’t You Want Me? > > _You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, when I met you_ _grumble grumble damn quick Dopers always beatin’ me_ ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/16 "2005-01-21T20:04:14Z")
“The Ballad of Dorothy Parker”, one of the best songs Prince ever wrote. And that’s saying something. > [@Prince](#): > > Dorothy was a waitress > On the promenade > She worked the night shift > Dishwater blonde, tall and fine > She got a lot of tips. > > … > > I’d been fighting with lovers past > I needed someone > With a quicker wit than mine. > Dorothy was fast. > > … > > (spoken) > Yeah, lemme get a fruit cocktail. I ain’t too hungry > > … > > She said ‘You’re kinda cute > Do you want take a bath?’ > I said ‘Cool, > But I’m leaving my pants on > ‘Cause I’m kinda goin’ with someone.’ > > … > > The phone rang and she said > ‘Whoever’s calling > Can’t be a cute as you.’ > Right then and there > I knew I was through. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/17 "2005-01-21T20:12:43Z")
_Airline Amy_ by Al Yankovic. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285879/18 "2005-01-21T20:31:41Z")
How about C W McCall’s “Old Home Fill’er-Up an’ Keep On-a- Truckin Cafe”. It was a really sweet series of TV commercials (for Old Home bread) played in the upper midwest in the late 1970s about a trucker falling for the truck-stop waitress. The commercials were so popular that an album with the song was released. Chip Davis provided the music (he went on to start Mannheim Steamroller), and McCall came out a year later with “Convoy”.