Black Coffee

I'm feeling mighty lonesome

And I haven't slept a wink

I walk the floor and watch the door

And in between I drink black coffee

Ever since my gal been gone away, yeah, gone away

Well, my nerves have gone to pieces

Now my hair is turning gray

Well, I'm talking to the shadows

From one o'clock to four

Lord, how slow the moments go

And all I do is pour black coffee

Love is a sorry affair, a sorry affair

I know where all the blues are

'Cause baby, I've surely been there

I said now a man is born to love a woman

Oh yes, he is

To work, to slave and to pay her debts, mhm

Just because he's only human, yeah

To drown his past regrets in coffee and cigarettes

I tell you, I said now

I'm moaning in the morning

And I'm moaning at night

And in between is nicotine

Not much heart to fight that old black coffee, yeah

I'm feeling low as I can be

I said, it's driving me crazy

This waiting for my baby to come on back home to me

Come on home

Come on home, back home to me

Come on home

Come on back home to me