Have Another Espresso - Shel Silverstein

Now whenever life is looking dark and mean

I have myself and espresso

And then I kinda sit back and like dig the scene

And maybe have myself another espresso

And there’s a chick in the coffee shop who’s caught my eye

But she never talks to me when I walk by

So I sit there and I cool it and I’m oh so sly

And I have myself another espresso

Well last night I decided to do the thing

As I had myself another espresso

So I asked that chick, would she care to swing

As I had myself another espresso

And she said, «Baby, that’s uh cool with me

But like I can’t split until half past three

So why don’t you just sit there and cool it and like wait for me

And maybe have yourself another espresso.»

Well I never cared much for formal dates

I just sit and have myself an espresso

Man ya know but when a chick is a groove like baby you’ve gotta wait

And maybe have yourself another espresso

So I took off my coat and I hung up my hat

And for the next five hours right there I sat

You know that chick went home with some other cat

And so I had myself another espresso

The moral of the story I will tell you then

As I have myself another espresso

Is always follow the ways of Zen

And maybe have yourself another espresso

And whenever the world has got you way uptight

Why baby you just sit there and cool it until everything’s right

'Cause you know I met another chick that very night

And we -- uh -- we --

Well we just sat around and had us an espresso