A girl in a nylon apron serves me cinnamon toast On a plate with a picture of a cat The man on the next table pretends to read the paper We all know he's asleep under his hat Look out on the street And I see a lady feeding birds too fat to fly Everything is basic in a town like this You get your picture in the paper if you catch a fish Dwelling on if onlys on a rainy day Just like Dolly I will get away Goodbye to homemade lemonade The girl with the apron talks way too loud on the phone About a boy she wants to snog They still have that sign up But someone has decided that Patch doesn't count as a dog Look out on the street And I see a lady feeding birds too fat to fly Everything is basic in a town like this You get your picture in the paper if you catch a fish Dwelling on if onlys on a rainy day Just like Dolly I will get away Goodbye to homemade lemonade Everything is basic in a town like this You get your picture in the paper if you catch a fish Dwelling on if onlys on a rainy day Just like Dolly I will get away Goodbye to homemade lemonade