(diner noises)
It’s night time in the Big City
pizza parlor is locking up
a drunken security guard drops his flashlight
“Full of caffeinated dreams, schemes, and themes”
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The Singers and Songs
- The Ink Spots: Java Jive
- Jerry Irby: One Cup of Coffee and a Cigarette
“One of those guys who went from hillbilly to rockabilly.”
- Frank Sinatra: The Coffee Song
- Squeeze: Black Coffee In Bed
“A lot of people compared songwriters Chris Difford and Glen Tilbrook to Lennon and McCartney, but they were much younger.”
- Otis Redding: Cigarettes and Coffee
- Curtis Gordon: Caffeine and Nicotine
“He had a sound that was kind of like a mix of honky tonk and western swing but with a freer, looser, more vibrant singin style.”
- Lefty Frizzell: Cigarettes and Coffee Blues
- Sam Lightnin’ Hopkins: Coffee Blues
“Another name for manic depression is the blues.”
- Scatman Crothers: Keep That Coffee Hot
“Another name for manic depression is the blues.”
- The Larks: Coffee, Cigarettes and Tears
- Bobby Darin: Black Coffee
- Sexmith and Kerr (Ron Sexmith, Don Kerr): Raindrops In My Coffee
- Blur: Coffee and TV
“You know, at one time coffee was believed to be the drink of the devil. When Pope Vincent III heard about this, he decided to taste the drink before banning it. In fact, he enjoyed coffee so much he wound up baptizing it, stating, “Coffee is so delicious it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it.” I also feel that way about coffee. And about TV. And about Blu.”r
- Ella Mae Morse: Forty Cups of Coffee
- Glenn Miller Orchestra: Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee
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