Black Coffee Lyrics

I'm feeling 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 1 o'clock til 4
And lord, how slow the moments go
When all I do is pour
Black coffee
Since the blues caught my eye
I'm hanging 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 moaning all the morning
and mourning all the night
And in between it's nicotine
And not much heart to fight
Black coffee
Feelin' low as the ground
It's driving me crazy just waiting for my baby
To maybe come around... around
I'm waiting for my baby
To maybe come around

My nerves have gone to pieces
My hair is turning gray
All I do is drink black coffee
Since my man's gone away

Ella Fitzgerald - 75th Anniversary Celebration

Mar 1993

1. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
2. Undecided
3. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
4. Stairway To The Stars
5. Five O'Clock Whistle
6. Cow Cow Boogie
7. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
8. It's Only A Paper Moon
9. Flying Home
10. Stone Cold Dead In The Market
11. You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
12. I'm Just A Lucky So And So
13. I Didn't Mean A Word I Said
14. Oh Lady Be Good
15. How High The Moon
16. My Happiness
17. Black Coffee
18. In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
19. Basin Street Blues
20. I've Got The World On A String
21. Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own
22. Dream A Little Dream Of Me
23. Smooth Sailing
24. Air Mail Special
25. Rough Ridin'
26. Goody, Goody
27. Angel Eyes
28. You'll Have To Swing It (Mr. Paganini), Parts 1 & 2
29. Prevue
30. Blue Lou
31. I Wished On The Moon
32. Until The Real Thing Comes Along
33. Lullaby Of Birdland
34. That Old Black Magic
35. Old Devil Moon
36. Lover, Come Back To Me
37. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
38. Hard Hearted Hannah
39. My One And Only Love