"JP's Hard Luck Diner, Permanently Closed" lyrics

Front street, Traverse City
There's a spot that feels like it's always been here
West Bay looks so pretty
Even if it's just six months a year

It's a tourist town
I can hear 'em say
If we make it through the winter, then we'll probably be okay

Every cup of coffee, foreshadowing the end
All the down-and-outers say fill it up again
He knew it when he named it, least that's how the story goes
Now there's a sign there in the window like it's written there in stone
JP's Hard Luck Diner, Permanently Closed

Did he know it when he bought it
It would always be what it would be
It's cursed, maybe it's haunted
At best a self-fulfilling prophecy

The locals and the regulars
They love that cherry pie
But you can't build an empire selling one slice at a time

Every cup of coffee, foreshadowing the end
All the down-and-outers say fill it up again
He knew it when he named it, least that's how the story goes
Now there's a sign there in the window like it's written there in stone
JP's Hard Luck Diner, Permanently Closed

Permanently closed
Ain't that how it goes
You bet it on a dream and watch it all go up in smoke
Now when you drive by
There's a different sign
For lease on the front door, you don't have to wonder why

Every cup of coffee, foreshadowing the end
Ain't it such a shame, we can't go back again
He knew it when he named it, least that's how the story goes
Now there's a sign there in the window like it's written there in stone
JP's Hard Luck Diner, Permanently Closed
JP's Hard Luck Diner, Permanently Closed

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