You might have seen one out in Minnesota   Or maybe down by the sea in Sarasota   But they were made back in Worcester, Mass.   Of aluminum and balkalite and glass      Like a locomotive they were streamlined   And the blue prints were drawn up from a dream of mine   Slap 'em up put 'em on the train   Out to Michigan up to Maine      You may find a diner down in Georgia or   Carolina off the twenty by the Piggly Wiggly   In the country out of Waynesboro      Or when it's getting late and rainy out in New York State   You hang a Louie off the thru-way   And you go and grab yourself a cheeseburger   At the little gem diner off the six niner      Diner my shiny shiny love   In the night you're all I'm thinking of   Diner my shiny shiny love      The cruiser pulls in where the troopers always stop   As we dine over the chrome and formica table top      The cashier she always squints   By the gum and the bowl of mints   She's tapping her toe   To the Dean Martin on the consolette   Booth service and a cigarette we're loving it so      Side of fries a dollar   Or the haddock plate two ninety five   A rootbeer float a Pepsi   And be sure to save some room for some apple pie      Better make it a-la-mode      Diner my shiny shiny love   In the night you're all I'm thinking of   Diner my shiny shiny love      Dean Martin God rest his soul   Talkin' to me from the cereal bowl   There's a couple from the Show-Me state   Knockin' back a little meatloaf plate      Diner my shiny shiny love   Diner my shiny shiny love   Diner my shiny shiny shiny love      Chicken 'n' biscuits   With a side of gravy (peach cobbler)