Four Tables One Heart
Can I get a burger with no cheese?
Or maybe something for my allergies?
A little something that we all can share
From around the four tables there
A baseball game, a sunny day
Four cultures in one big stadium
A little table in the sun
Where every stranger’s a friend by one
[Pre-Chorus]
From the parking lot to the picnic sheet
Every hand we share, every friend we meet
It ain’t just food we came to bring
It’s the song that we all sing
[Chorus]
Around the table, side by side
We eat, we laugh, we come alive
From a bento box to a hot pot flame
Every culture knows the same
Around the table, we’re one and all
Together when the first pitch falls
A bento opens under cherry trees
A hot pot steams in the island breeze
A family gathers after the game
Plates of plantains, calling out a name
The rice is passed, the drinks are poured
A chair is pulled for one more
The sun goes down, the lights come on
The meal goes on long after the game is gone
[Pre-Chorus]
From the parking lot to the picnic sheet
Every hand we share, every friend we meet
It ain’t just food we came to bring
It’s the song that we all sing
[Chorus]
Around the table, side by side
We eat, we laugh, we come alive
From a bento box to a hot pot flame
Every culture knows the same
Around the table, we’re one and all
Together when the first pitch falls
[Bridge]
(Instrumental accents of four cultures)
Four tables, one heart
Four stories, one start
[Chorus]
Around the table, side by side
We eat, we laugh, we come alive
From a bento box to a hot pot flame
Every culture knows the same
Around the table, we’re one and all
[Outro]
Around the table, side by side
We eat, we laugh, we come alive
Around the table, we’re one and all
Together when the first pitch falls