# Need song lyrics that mention cocoa, tea, wine or coffee (and doubly so song titles) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee, wine\ **Created:** [October 28, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679 "2010-10-28T16:56:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/81 "2010-10-31T12:17:17Z")
An old Irish drinking song: “Water is Alright in Tay” ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/82 "2010-10-31T14:31:09Z")
It’s not literally wine, but: “Brown eyed women and red grenadine\ The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean.” _Red Grenadine_, The Grateful Dead ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/83 "2010-10-31T15:29:43Z")
_Summer Wine_, Nancy Sinatra ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/84 "2010-10-31T15:38:23Z")
Aww. I went and found two songs about cocoa too. [Supergrass have a whole album called ‘I Should Coco,’](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Should_Coco) an intentional mis-spelling of cocoa (“I should cocoa” = “I should say so” in Cockney rhyming slang; you’ll still hear it said even nowadays). And the Von Trapp Children apparently sang [A Hot Cup of Cocoa](http://gfs.westport.k12.ct.us/music/Hot%20Cup%20of%20Cocoa.htm), as did some elementary schools around Christmas. You don’t need them now that you’ve made the sensible decision to switch to hot chocolate, but I found them so I’m going to post them anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/85 "2010-11-01T16:18:51Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Who drinks wine in a cup? Apparently some folks do: _Lips as sweet as candy. Their taste stays on my mind. Girl, you keep me thirsty for another cup of wine._ (“Hooked on a Feeling” - Mark James) Here are a few more I thought of: Joni MItchell - “Carey” (_Come on down to the Mermaid Cafe and I will buy you a bottle of wine…_) XTC - “We’re All Light” _(…and I’ll leave nothing here but love and milk a’ plenty for your tea…_) Paul McCartney - “Cafe on the Left Bank” (_Cafe on the left bank, ordinary wine…_) Steve Goodman - “The Dutchman” (_Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew_) ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/86 "2010-11-01T16:31:34Z")
Isn’t there a Paul McCartney Beatles song with a phrase like “went downstairs & poured myself a cup”? I remember him snarking about a magazine ad for coffee that used it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/87 "2010-11-01T17:57:06Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Isn’t there a Paul McCartney Beatles song with a phrase like “went downstairs & poured myself a cup”? I remember him snarking about a magazine ad for coffee that used it. [A Day In The Life](http://beatleslyrics.tripod.com/67-70.htm#06), The Beatles. Relevant lyrics: > [@](#): > > Woke up, fell out of bed, > Dragged a comb across my head > Found my way downstairs and drank a cup, > And looking up I noticed I was late. > Found my coat and grabbed my hat > Made the bus in seconds flat > Found my way upstairs and had a smoke, > Somebody spoke and I went into a dream ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/88 "2010-11-02T07:38:12Z")
Ah, that sounds like it. Otoh, the paper cup in “Across the Universe” doesn’t seem to have a beverage in it. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/89 "2010-11-02T07:56:34Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Who drinks wine in a cup? You don’t drink mulled wine in a cup? 😕 Or, oh my gosh, burned rhum? Them things are hot, hot, hot, you want a handle to be able to handle them! Plus, in some parts of the English-speaking world, cups have stems, not handles. Matter of fact, it’s the term I was taught in ESL class for “a glass with a stem”. I would say that the Stanley Cup resembles an ice-cream cup more than it resembles a teacup, handles notwithstanding… Oh, and I imagine they won’t be acceptable, but I like both Bosé’s “Café” (he’s a very, very, very bad boy and can make “you give me coffee” sound like a whole encyclopedia’s worth of innuendo) and 440’s “Ojalá que llueva café en el campo” (“may it rain coffee on the fields”). ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/90 "2010-11-02T09:25:40Z")
Tea Mania: [Elemental - Cup of Brown Joy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eELH0ivexKA): “If you’re tired of tea, then you’re tired of life”, and many more. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/91 "2010-11-02T12:47:03Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Isn’t there a Paul McCartney Beatles song with a phrase like “went downstairs & poured myself a cup”? I remember him snarking about a magazine ad for coffee that used it. Well, if we’re doing Paul McCartney, there’s “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey.” Lyrics: Admiral Halsey notified me He had to have a berth or he couldn’t get to sea I had another look and I had a cup of tea and a butter pie (“A butter pie?” “The butter wouldn’t melt, so I put it in the pie”) ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/92 "2010-11-02T14:55:38Z")
How about the group “Hot Chocolate” - Emma, Everyone’s a Winner, You Sexy Thing - ? And I almost forgot… Jermaine Stewart “We Don’t have to Take Our Clothes Off” …We could dance and party, all night and drink some cherry Wine…uh huh… ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/93 "2010-11-02T16:16:01Z")
U2, Achtung Baby, The End of the World: We ate the food We drank the wine Everybody had a good time Except you Sarah McLachlan, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Ice Cream: Your love is better than chocolate Better than anything else that I’ve tried Sheryl Crow, Everyday Is A Winding Road [sic!] I’ve been swimming in a sea of anarchy I’ve been living on coffee and nicotine The Nutcracker has songs dedicated to coffee, tea, and chocolate, right? No lyrics tho. ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/94 "2010-11-02T16:46:36Z")
My Coco, by Stellastarr [http://www.metacafe.com/watch/sy-5749502/stellastarr\_my\_coco\_official\_music\_video/](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/sy-5749502/stellastarr_my_coco_official_music_video/) ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/95 "2010-11-03T20:02:31Z")
There’s a song by Dada called “The Ballad of Earl Gray and Chamomile.” ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/96 "2010-11-03T20:23:35Z")
Kristin Chenoweth’s [Taylor, The Latte Boy.](http://www.lyricstime.com/kristin-chenoweth-taylor-the-latte-boy-lyrics.html) How about chocolate milk? It’s just cold cocoa, right? Rufus Wainwright wrote _Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk_. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679/97 "2010-11-03T21:05:56Z")
Coffee: Take Me Out To Eat - on the album Buy Me Bring Me Take Me: Don’t Mess My Hair - Life According To Four Bitchin’ Babes, Volume 2 Butter - on the album Buy Me Bring Me Take Me: Don’t Mess My Hair - Life According To Four Bitchin’ Babes, Volume 2 Wine: The pub with no beer - There are many that play this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-lyrics-that-mention-cocoa-tea-wine-or-coffee-and-doubly-so-song-titles/558679.md?page=4)