This story happens in the old Hal's Diner in the city. Maggie, aspiring dancer and waitress, is cleaning up. She sings the wistful melancholy,
It's Been a Nice Day So Far (midi)
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Maggie:
It's been a nice day, so far,
Things could get better later on.
I don't forget I'm lonely,
I still regret I'm only,
A waitress in a diner car,
It's been a nice day, so far.

I've had a good year so far,
All expectations put aside,
I long to be a dancer,
I wish I knew the answer,
Why do I work in this street car?
Still, it's been a good year, so far.

I've had a fine time, so far,
Not much excitement though it seems,
The seasons slip by quickly,
good friends don't come so thickly.
And lovers only in my dreams,
It's been a good life, so far.

...Charlie the Shoe Salesman enters, singing:  Woe is Me

 Woe is me (Spoken): Cup of Coffee
Woe is me (spoken:) Black.
Well my wife has quit me, and my girlfriend too,
And they're never coming back, and I'm feeling oh so   blue,
So woe is me...
Sal:  (Spoken) Sounds like things are tough for you, Charlie.
Lou:  (Spoken) Yeah, so who told whom?

They go into a reverie.  Tom, the dishwasher, sings a song reminiscing over a long lost love: When I First Saw you (or I just can't believe) midi
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When I first saw you that night
I felt that things were not right,
I figured, maybe girl, we'd have a big fight,
But I did not know, just what you would say,
The lines were written, it was to be our very last day.

Refrain: I just can't believe,
I just can't believe,
Can't believe you'd go away,
I just can't believe, I just can't believe,
Can't believe you'd leave me to stay...

You said you loved him, what more could I say,
"Then go to him, girl, if you feel that way,"
I said these cold words, as if in a play,
The lines were written, it was to be our very last day.

Refrain

Later on, girl, when you are old and gray,
You're going to want me, wish you'd not thrown me away,
You're going to find, girl, I am a one-of-a-kind.
Like you for me girl, I'll always be somewhere on your mind.

Refrain

Tom, Maggie, and Charlie sing their songs together, each in their own worlds...
Maggie decides to break the gloom by inviting Charlie out dancing:  Meet me at 10

Meet me at ten, we'll go dancing, but no romancing,
               (I'm on a diet, you should try it)
               Meet me at ten, we'll be laughing,
               While we're having us a ball.
               Meet me at ten, we'll careen there,
               We can dream there, that the dance is all.
               Meet me at ten, we'll go dancing,
               And we won't come back home until fall.

          (The three dance during instrumental break)
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