Chinese Restaurant - Scott Helman

I wish I was your comfort

I’d build you a nest, you’d be my bluebird

I’d shut out the world that don’t deserve you

And I’d make you a home

If I was your journal

You could tell me everything you yearn for

I’d be the fragile pages that you turn to

When you feel alone

Oh, I only saw you once

In a Chinese restaurant

You had your hoodie up

Beer in a Styrofoam cup

I didn’t have the guts to talk you up

Oh, I only saw you once

In a Chinese restaurant

I could be your boyfriend

Your confidant, your lover and your best friend

The hole in the fence at the dead end

Somebody you could get into debt with

Come here

Oh, I only saw you once

In a Chinese restaurant

You had your hoodie up

Beer in a Styrofoam cup

I didn’t have the guts to talk you up

Oh, I only saw you once

In a Chinese restaurant

I swear that we locked eyes

Under the fluorescent lights

I didn’t have the guts to talk you up

I only saw you once, somehow I know I’m right for you

I only saw you once so tell me why I’d die for you

And all these other girls I see them 'round but they won’t do

Tell me where are you now, where are you now, oh, oh

Oh, I only saw you once

In a Chinese restaurant

You had your hoodie up

Beer in a Styrofoam cup

I didn’t have the guts to talk you up

Oh, I only saw you once

In a Chinese restaurant

I swear that we locked eyes

Under the fluorescent lights

I didn’t have the guts to talk you up

Wish I was your comfort

I’d build you a nest, you’d be my bluebird

I’d shut out the world that don’t deserve you

And I’d make you a home