Black Coffee

I'm feelin' mighty lonesome, haven't slept a wink

I walk the floor and watch the door

And in between, I drink black coffee

Love's a hand-me-down brew

I'll never know a Sunday in this weekday room

I'm talking to the shadows from one o'clock 'til four

And Lord, how slow the moments go

When all I do is pour black coffee

Since the blues caught my eye

I'm hangin' out on Monday, my Sunday dreams to dry

Now a man is born to go a-lovin'

A woman's born to weep and fret

To stay at home and tend her oven

And drown her past regrets

In coffee and cigarettes

I'm moanin' all the morning

And moanin' all the night

And in between its nicotine

And not much heart to fight

Black coffee

Feelin' low as the ground

It's drivin' me crazy

This waitin' for my baby

To someday maybe come around

Now a man is born to go a-lovin'

A woman's born to weep and fret

To stay at home and tend her oven

And drown her past regrets

In coffee and cigarettes

I'm moanin' all the morning

And moanin' all the night

And in between its nicotine

And not much heart to fight

Black coffee

Feelin' low as the ground

It's drivin' me crazy

This waitin' for my baby

To someday maybe come around