Sorry I'm late, I was on holiday at the ocean. Lovely time, thanks for asking.

The Beans Come Back
Tune: The Cat Came Back

Old Vietnam sells a coffee all its own
It has a special taste, like none I've ever known
They tried and they tried to keep civet cats away
But the civets come and eat their coffee cherries all the day

But the beans come back the very next day
The beans come back, in a pile of kitty guano
Yeah the beans come back, and they're worth much more that way.

Many years ago in the land of Vietnam
A coffee farmer found that all his coffee beans were gone
But there beneath the tree was a pile of civet poo
Chock full o' next month's revenue -- tell me, what would YOU do?

Yeah the beans came back the very next day
The beans came back, he didn't stop to ponder
That the beans came back -- he sold them anyway.

He gave them to a man who had "Starbucks" on his hat
He said, "now these aren't beans, are they, a civet cat has shat?"
The farmer hemmed and hawwed, but he was an honest man.
"Yes," he said, and the buyer put more money in his hand

Because the beans came back the very next day
The beans came back, and it kinda makes you wonder
Yes the beans came back, with an exquisite taste they say

Then the geniuses at Starbucks roasted up these special beans
The ones that had been processed by a civet's in-betweens
They call it Kopi Luwak and it's quite the biggest hit
The people stand and drink it and say, "What is this shit?"

Because the beans come back the very next day
The beans come back like the revenge of Montezuma
Yeah the beans come back. Will you drink them? I say NAY!

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