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Five Cups of Coffee

by The Jayhawks

on Blue Earth (1989)

(Olson, Louris) Gunflint Music BMI

When I left here this morning
Just like before
You say nothing changes
Passing time around here
Stole a long string of pearls
And I pawned downtown
Gonna buy me some good fun
Back where no one can see

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And the long black dream is over
As the snow falls on and on
And it takes five cups of coffee
To calm down before I sleep

Let the sky soak on my clothes
Way back in the alley
All of the red beads
Mixed up in her pew
Take the chance that I left you
Knowing where you might need me
So easy to believe
In someone I'd never see

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