The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #73372   Message #2336133
Posted By: Jim Dixon
08-May-08 - 07:47 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs)
Subject: Lyr Add: ANOTHER CUPPA COFFEE (Dan Newton)
I heard this song on the radio today and I knew it belonged here.

ANOTHER CUPPA COFFEE
Dan "Daddy Squeeze" Newton

Take a half a cup o' coffee. Yes, that's what I want to do.
After I've had one cup, I think I might drink two.
And after I've had my second cup—you guessed it—I'll have three.
And I may have four before I hit the door. Por favor, pour more for me.

Used to drink a lot o' beer, but it made my middle round.
Ever' time I drink whiskey, I throw up or I fall down.
Had to give up reefer. Made me feel dumber than I already was.
Now I dig black coffee. Yes, I love that java buzz.

Drinkin' all that alcohol was sure to be my ruin,
Wakin' up in some strange hall not recallin' what I been doin'.
Should 'a' seen me in the mornin'. Yes, I was such a terrible sight.
But now I'm energized. I got big bug eyes from early in the mornin' till late at night.

I'll always have another cup o' coffee. You can make mine black.
I won't be slow long as I got my joe. Now give me my java, Jack.
Sometimes I drink a cappuccino. If you're wonderin' what it means,
Well, you can call me Dannerino. I'm that cat that works for beans.

[Instrumental interlude.]

I'd fight a bull for a bucketful of café au lait.
I'd do my work just for the perks. I don't care about the pay.
I could be hip. I like to sip. I'm the biggest refiller in town.
And when I'm dead, won't you lay my head on a big brown mound of coffee grounds?

Then I can take another cup o' coffee. I'll take it to the Pearly Gates.
I'll have me another cup o' coffee while Saint Peter decides my fate.
Lay no roses on my grave. Just cover me with coffee beans.
Then I'll be fine till the end of time. Por favor, pour more for me, I mean,
Por favor, pour more for me.

[As recorded by Dan Newton on his album "Hi-Top Sneakers." You can hear an excerpt at that page.

[You can also hear the entire song as part of an archived radio program. Click to play, and then skip to 5 minutes and 55 seconds from the beginning of the segment.

[I see he has another song called CUPPA JAVA THE SIZE OF MY HEAD. I might transcribe that later.]