Only Tea

I have waited five years and today is the day

I have spared no expense, all that stands in my way

Is a tiny little cottage with a tiny little table

Filled with tiny finger sandwiches

I am not okay

Only four hours left and there's too much to do

I don't know what to wear, what to say, how to stand when she's standing inside the foyer

Of a tiny little cottage, at a tiny little table

Filled with tiny finger sandwiches, drown me in the bay

Mr. Gatsby? It's 7 o'clock in the morning

Today's the day!

Have you got everything you need

In the shape of- of tea?

I picked up some lemon cakes at Finn's

At what?

It's a delicatessen, I hope that's okay

Yes, of course, of course, they're fine

Old sport

Paper says the rain should pass by

A quick summer storm. Maybe there'll be a rainbow!

This is an omen! We need to cancel the whole thing!

It is tea, it's only tea

No need for such commotion

Soon you'll be laughin', reminiscin', you will see

It is tea, it's only tea

I'm gonna walk into the ocean

You're gonna go and put your feet up

And leave it all to me

Of course, you're right. I'll just go get changed and-

Well, I didn't want to be a bother, so I picked up a few tea things

I'll bring those on by. And some shrubbery

And remember, it's only tea

Put the oysters on ice (Oh, oh)

Cut the lilacs and cake (Oh, oh)

Shuck the oysters

Cut the cake

Bring them over at once (Oh, Oh)

This is all make or break (Oh, oh)

Bring them over

Make or break

It's a

Simple

Chance encounter at a

Simple

Little table

Filled with

Simple

Little sandwiches (Simple)

This is a mistake

It's time for tea

It's time for tea

Is it pinstripe or plaid?

Is it two-piece or three?

Pin or plaid, what does he need?

Is it olive or Orval or brown? (Oh, oh, oh, oh)

I want carefree and fun (Oh, oh)

But not rodeo clown (Oh, oh)

She should know that I mean business

While I'm also being casual

With teeny-tiny sandwiches

I should go lie down

Easy-peasy, teeny-tiny

Scrummy-yummy

Sandwiches!

It is tea, it's only tea

Ah-ah-ah-ah

It's not so complicated

It's not too complicated at all

Soon we'll be sittin', sippin', lost in memory

Lost in memory

It is tea, it's only tea

It's just been elevated

And not premeditated

Oh, what a pleasant bit of serendipity

Will she see I've made my world (Ah-ah-ah)

In the image of her dreams?

The closer that I get (Ahh-ah-ah)

The farther that she seems

But there is no too much (Ah-ah-ah)

There is no too far

There is only tea (Ah-ah)

And the rewrite of the stars

Rewrite the stars

How do I look?

Perfectly tailored

Too tailored? I told them to keep it casual!

It is tea, it's only tea

No need for ostentation (Ah-ah-ah)

A little decoration

Soon you'll be laughin, reminiscin', you will see

It is only tea

It is tea, it is tea

I'm going home

It's only-, wait what was that?

Daisy isn't coming, I am going, thanks for helping

But I cannot wait all day

Wait!

She is late (Oh, oh)

So I'm off to go scream in a jar (Oh, oh)

She's not late, Gatsby, stay where you are!

In a tiny little cabin (Tea!)

Where I'm currently going manic (Tea!)

A tiny little cabin (Tea!)

This is not the time to panic

A tiny little cabin

In the hull of the Titanic

There's the car

It's time for tea

Gatsby?