Story Behind The Song
I wrote this song in 1984, while in the Air Force, when I noticed the extent to which the lives of my co-workers and me orbited around the availability of coffee. The song lay dormant for many years, until in 2002 I began production on this recording.
Song Description
A tribute to caffeine addiction
| Song Length |
3:56 |
Genre |
Pop - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Cool |
Subject |
Sleep, Tired, Fatigued |
| Similar Artists |
Steely Dan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
The tonic drips into my brain
It's jarring me awake again
It props the lids of swollen eyes
The jagged edge of dull surprise
The morning comes, I need a cup
To clear my head and lift me up
Then once again, the afternoon
I bend my wrist and turn a spoon
The creeping ooze into the flow
And soon the tubes begin to glow
Beyond the crest begins the dim
Another shot, awake again
I sit and watch the morning drip
The daily grind from which I sip
We sit and wait expectantly
For glass to fill and set us free
And every day a little more
The jolt I need to clear the floor
It's not a drug, I'm telling you
It's just a thing I have to do
No substitute, no other form
I need it bitter, dark and warm
The sacred caff, my constant friend
It's keeping me awake again