I'm feelin' mighty lonesome

Haven't slept a wink


I walk the floor and watch the door


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 talkin to the shadow

One o'clock till 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 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 moonin' all the mornin'

Moanin' all the night


And in between it's 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 maybe come around


To maybe come around




Pour me black coffee


And I'll come around