HAVE ANOTHER ESPRESSO
Words and music by Shel Silverstein
As recorded by Shel Silverstein on "Inside Folk Songs" (1962)

Now, whenever life looks dark and mean,
I have myself an espresso.
And then I sorta sit back, man, like, dig the scene,
And maybe have myself another espresso.
And you know, there's a chick in the coffee shop who's caught my eye,
But she never talks to me when I walk by,
So I sit there and I cool it and I'm, oh, so sly
And I have myself another espresso.

Now, last night, I decided to do the thing
As I had myself another espresso.
And I asked that chick, like, would she care to swing?
As I had myself another espresso.
And she said, "Baby, like, that's, uh, cool with me,
But like, man, I can't split till half-past three,
So why don't you just sit down and cool it and, like, wait for me
And maybe have yourself another espresso?"

You know, I never cared much for formal dates,
I just sit and have myself an espresso, man, you know?
But like, man, if a chick is a groove then, baby, you've gotta wait
And maybe have yourself another espresso.
Yeah, so like, I took off my coat, man, and I hung up my hat
And for the next five hours, right there I sat.
You know that chick went home with some other cat,
So I had myself another espresso.

Now, the moral of this story, I'll tell you, man, hmm,
As I have myself another espresso,
It's always follow the ways of Zen
And have yourself another espresso.
And whenever life has got you way uptight,
Why, baby, just sit back and groove until everything's right,
'Cause, you know, I met another chick that very night
And we, uh, we, huh, we, uh,
Well, as a matter of fact, I guess we just sat around and had another espresso.