Beckoning

Wander the streets of a place unfamiliar Looking for somewhere to eat. Deal with exhaustion, the heat and the crowds Which make disorientation complete. Suddenly someone's materialized, Like a genie right out of Aladdin, Inviting you in...the best seat in the house! And your out-of-sorts mood starts to gladden. He asks where you're from and you tell him New York; He knows that he's reeled in a live one. You start to talk films and his heroes are such That you realize this guy is a jive one. Yet he's charming and sweet and adept at his craft As you notice him casting his net; And the restaurant surely must be well aware That the crowd's left them so in his debt. It's really a skill to be friendly and warm And quite cunning and slick all the same; But our dinner was lovely and so, after all, He deserves only credit, not blame.