First Slice of the Night

[Intro] [low vocal register] One door Golden bell Crooked floor Checkered cloth Flour on the air Smell hits first Then you’re there [Verse 1] We got Mario spinning dough like a halo Rita with the tray doing laps in slow motion Corner booth kids trading secrets for breadsticks Grandma in the back Stirring up a love potion Menu’s just a map to your memories Grease-stained corners Folded like a prayer Oven’s like a sunrise glowing red-orange You taste it once And boom—you live here [Chorus] This is the first slice of the night Hear that laugh That sizzle That bite From the curb to the counter You’re family on sight At the pizzeria Pizzeria Where the heartbreaks heal in tomato and light Where your troubles get tossed in the air Taking flight One more plate One more song We’re all right On the first slice Of the night [Verse 2] Office guy’s tie in a sauce stain pattern Tourist with a map but she’s lost in the cheese Teenagers stacking chairs into kingdoms Delivery bike king with holes in his knees Bell on the door rings a five-part harmony (ring-ring!) Every “Order up!” is a drumroll cue Life tastes better in a cardboard circle We saved a wobbly table just for you [Chorus] [Bridge] [whispered vocals] Thin crust dreamers Deep dish hearts All you misfits Take your parts [full ensemble Crescendo] You Take the broom and dance down aisle three You Grab the shakers—snow that parsley You Sing the special like it’s destiny And I’ll count it off—on three [Chorus]