Story Behind The Song
This was one of those songs which just popped out whole, with no planning or thought before hand. It's not based on any real life drama, or from any conscious comparison.
Song Description
This is the story of a woman who seeks to humiliate her cheating partner by hosting a dinner party for her friends, and course by course revealing the details to all.
| Song Length |
3:50 |
Genre |
Pop - Easy Listening, R & B - Funk |
| Tempo |
Multiple Tempos |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Composed, Cool |
Subject |
Cheating, Justice |
| Similar Artists |
Joan Armatrading, Steely Dan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
The Dinner Party
Broken pieces of bone china crockery
Laid out to spell your name
All there is to be said laid out like cutlery
And there's no where to hide your shame.
The dinner party in her head she'd like to have
Where the beans are scattered all around like jewels.
The kind you always like to wear around your fingers,
In the kitchen someone's sharpening up the tools.
Chorus ;
With everything laid out on the table,
She has every detail planned,
And as she serves up the last course
She's going to play her winning hand.
In the middle of dessert there'll be a hush,
The sweetest things explode before your eyes.
As the details blur before you as you blush
Be ready for the congregation to rise.
There sure to be on her side, it's all part of the plan,
The steak knives point towards you spelling guilt.
They're gathered here together to witness what they can
Of what lies beneath the lovers sheet and quilt.
Chorus
By the time the coffee's served you'll be mopping up the milk,
Wishing you were somewhere else entirely.
The secrets that you had securely wrapped up in silk,
Now evidence as part of the enquiry.
Chorus