A Café Au Lait for Mr. Xyzptlk - Blaine L. Reininger

Un café au lait un s’il vous plaît

the verde d’or on the side

the corner sit by the window

the sameness he thinks is implied.

Oh, he thinks that he is so invisible

disguised in a suit and a tie.

We will never belong here

we’ve just signed up for the ride

we’re no longer sure where home is

homesickness is our only guide,

our only guide.

Well, they told us back home it’s the small things

the small things that get you the stare,

the way that you curry your package

the jewelry, the style of the hair.

I guessed that he slept through the lectures

when they told him he had problems there.

We never did belong here

we’ve just signed up for the pay,

serve your planets a bit of adventure

but there’s so much they just didn’t say

Oh no, they didn’t tell us.

The natives are only suspicious

nobody is calling the cops,

but the surprises just keep arising

the starring never quite stops.

But he is a man with a will and a mission

he’ll keep plugging away until he drops.

We will never belong here

we just signed up for the ride

we’re no longer sure where home is

home sickness is our only guide

our only guide.