# Coffee lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [July 13, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296 "2008-07-13T02:48:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/21 "2008-07-13T18:45:06Z")
Sitting in the kitchen Coffee on the boil Staring at the bacon Goodbye olive oil Think another feeling Have another smoke I’ve got money in my pocket But I’m feeling broke – Flash and the Pan, “Lights in the Night” ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/22 "2008-07-13T20:55:22Z")
Unitarian Universalists have a reputation as big coffee drinkers. They make fun of themselves by singing a parody hymn (sung to the tune of “Holy, Holy, Holy”): \*Coffee, Coffee, Coffee, Praise the strength of coffee. Early in the morn we rise with thoughts of only thee. Served fresh or reheated, Dark by thee defeated, Brewed black by perk or drip or instantly. Though all else we scoff we Come to church for coffee; If we’re late to congregate, we come in time for thee. Coffee our one ritual, Drinking it habitual, Brewed black by perk or drip instantly. Coffee the communion Of our Uni-Union, Symbol of our sacred ground, our one necessity. Feel the holy power At our coffee hour, Brewed black by perk or drip or instantly.\* ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/23 "2008-07-13T21:57:41Z")
_Ojalá que llueva café en el campo. Que caiga un aguacero de yuca y té. Del cielo una jarina de queso blanco y al sur una montaña de berro y miel. Oh oh oh oh oh ojalá que llueva café._ [If only it would rain coffee in the fields, and a shower of yucca and tea would fall, from the sky a sprinkling of white cheese, and in the south a mountain of cress and honey. oh, oh, oh-oh-oh… If only it would rain coffee.] –Juan Luis Guerra, “Ojalá Que Llueva Café” I drink so much coffee My hair stands up like Startled squirrels –The Gourds, “Tearbox” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/24 "2008-07-14T12:33:14Z")
Victoria’s reading of strong astrological forces. Cheesecake and coffee, and columns of Reno divorces. Victoria’s feet are tired she wants to go home, She orders her coffee with cream, and drinks it alone. [Victoria Dines Alone](http://www.mydfz.com/Paxton/lyrics/vda.htm)–Tom Paxton Get up Jimmy Newman, the morning is gone. The engines are rumbling, the coffee’s all brewed. Get up Jimmy Newman, there’s work to be done. And why do you lie there still sleeping? [Jimmy Newman](http://www.mydfz.com/Paxton/lyrics/jn.htm)–Tom Paxton ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/25 "2008-07-15T18:54:34Z")
Another cup of coffee and another cigarette You’re waiting for your baby but she hasn’t shown yet And when she comes in walking looking fine as you please you want to stop and drop right down on your knees Steve Miller Band Steve Miller’s Midnight Tango ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/26 "2008-07-15T19:00:35Z")
artist Squeeze song Black Coffee in Bed …There’s nothing of your love That I’ll ever miss The stain on my notebook Remain all that’s left Of the memory of late nights And coffee in bed ---
**Author:** ![Richey84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Richey84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richey84)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/27 "2008-07-15T20:22:40Z")
I am colorblind Coffee black and egg white -Counting Crows, “Colorblind” You in the corner with a good-looking drifter Two cups of coffee and ten packs of sugar -The Hold Steady, “Cattle and the Creeping Things” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/28 "2008-07-15T20:28:34Z")
_And theres a story, a kind of fable On a card at the corner table On it is a message; been there some time It starts off, the coffee tasted so fine_ –Cream, “The Coffee Song” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/29 "2008-07-15T20:42:08Z")
Can I get an honorable mention for tea, Cowboy Junkies style? If I pour your cup, that is friendship If I add your milk, that is manners If I stop there, claiming ignorance of taste, that is tea But if I measure the sugar to satisfy your expectant tongue then that is love ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/30 "2008-07-15T21:20:52Z")
> [@](#): > > nighthawks at the diner > of Emma’s 49er, there’s a rendezvous > of strangers around the coffee urn tonight > all the gypsy hacks, the insomniacs > now the paper’s been read > now the waitress said > eggs and sausage and a side of toast > coffee and a roll, hash browns over easy > chile in a bowl with burgers and fries > what kind of pie? Tom Waits _Eggs & Sausage_ ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/31 "2008-07-15T21:29:33Z")
I’m on my second cup of coffee and I still can’t face the day I’m thinking of the lady who got lost along the way And if I don’t stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone I’ll be reaching for the bottle Lord, before this day is done – Gordon Lightfoot, Second Cup of Coffee ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/32 "2008-07-15T21:43:40Z")
_You’re the cream in my coffee,_ _You’re the salt in my stew,_ _You will always be my necessity,_ _I’d be lost without you._ Or, from **How to Succeed…** _If I can’t take_ _My coffee break,_ _My coffee break,_ _My coffee break,_ _If I can’t take my coffee break,_ _Something inside of me dies…_ ---
**Author:** ![unstrung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a698b9/32.png) [@unstrung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unstrung)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/33 "2008-07-15T21:46:04Z")
\*“Excuse me” she said, it took him by surprise That first taste was bitter and sweet They had to share a table by the window Backpacks sitting like hounds at their feet Her lips were redder than a new Miata His mustache held flecks of foam They hung out in the corner cafe Tapping on a laptop, don’t they have a home? In the morning that fine aroma Wakes me from a nightly coma In a cup or in a mug Coffee is my favorite drug All around people are getting wired The room is ringing you can hardly hear A caffeine current running in his veins He moves over to whisper in her ear Drummin’ on the table he sings a little song Her fingers dance in a delicate way Talking and tasting turns to touching Coffee breaking is the highlight of the day In the morning that fine aroma Wakes me from a nightly coma In a cup or in a mug Coffee is my favorite drug ``` Let the buzz of conversation Be a steaming background sound Can the jukebox -- fan the chatter Aiming for a higher ground -- They're gonna do it ``` After two weeks meeting for a cup They have an outing of a different kind At her apartment they can’t open up That fire in the body is only in the mind They need much more stimulation Pump the pressure – perk em up Espresso aphrodisiac Hope to get the juices flowing with another cup In the morning that fine aroma Wakes me from a nightly coma In a cup or in a mug Coffee is my favorite drug\* -The Bobs, Cafe ---
**Author:** ![Chum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@Chum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chum)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/34 "2008-07-15T22:16:28Z")
C-O-F-F-E-E Coffee Is not for me It’s a drink some people wake up with But it makes you nervous, that’s no myth Slaves to a coffee cup They can’t give coffee up - Some song the nuns taught my aunt when she went to Catholic school I’ve sat and flippped yesterday’s news Refilled my cup of coffee over and over and over and over For you, dear I’ve let them play grunge all the day Reread 'zines, designed tatoos over and over and over and over 'Cause it’s over I belong to you - Rufus Wainwright, “Last Cup of Coffee” ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/35 "2008-07-15T23:31:47Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] Tom Waits _Eggs & Sausage_ [/QUOTE] …and from the spoken introduction: “… I’d order my veal cutlet … and it left the plate and walked down to the end of the counter … my veal cutlet come down and try to beat the shit out my cup of coffee … coffee just wasn’t strong enough to defend itself …” (had to pull out the vinyl for that one) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/36 "2008-07-16T00:08:09Z")
A bit of a stretch, but I always assumed the “cup” contained coffee (leaving aside the double entendre): _Don’t buy sugar, You just have to touch my cup; You’re my sugar, It’s sweet when you stir it up._ Roddy ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/37 "2008-07-16T00:36:39Z")
Starts me up. Makes my day. It opens up my eyes right away. Before I even head for the door, you know I’ve had four. And you might take it sweetened. Some sugar and some milk if you pleasin’ The only way I take it is hot! Now guess what I want? One cup of coffee … From Paul Shaffer’s [Coast to Coast](http://music.yahoo.com/release/56595), 1989 ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/38 "2008-07-16T05:34:20Z")
“Leave me to lay but touch me deep, I don’t sleep, I dream I’ll settle for a cup of coffee But you know what I really need” - R.E.M., _I Don’t Sleep, I Dream_ ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/39 "2008-07-16T07:16:15Z")
I’m with **An Gadai** and **Greg C.** , lovin’ that “java jive”. Hey, hep cats, here’s something to listen to while you reread this thread: [http://youtube.com/watch?v=pULXnVTRynY](http://youtube.com/watch?v=pULXnVTRynY) “Waiter, Waiter, percolator…” heh. Love, Phil ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296/40 "2008-07-16T11:12:17Z")
[QUOTE=Ichbin Dubist] …and from the spoken introduction: “… I’d order my veal cutlet … and it left the plate and walked down to the end of the counter … my veal cutlet come down and try to beat the shit out my cup of coffee … coffee just wasn’t strong enough to defend itself …” (had to pull out the vinyl for that one) [/QUOTE] Yep, somewhere I have that incredible 2 record set. He sure has a way with words. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-lyrics/456296.md?page=3)