SECOND CUP OF COFFEE
Gordon Lightfoot
1972


I'm on my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the day 
I'm thinking of the lady who got lost along the way 
And if I don't stop this tremblin' hand from reachin' for the phone
I'll be reachin' for the bottle Lord, before this day is done.

I'm on my second cup of coffee, I still can't face the day 
The room was filled with laughs as we sang the night away 
But my sleep was filled with dreaming of the wrongs that I had done 
The gentle sweet reminder of a daughter and a son.

Sitting alone, my friends have all gone home 
You never know when they'll come dropping in 
Thinking of girls with their fingers in my curls 
Too young to understand how love begins.

I'm on my second cup of coffee, I still can't face the dawn 
The radio is playing a soft country song 
And if I don't stop this tremblin' hand from reachin' for the phone
I'll be reachin' for the bottle Lord, before this day is done.

(bridge)

Sitting alone, my friends have all gone home 
They never were around when I needed them 
Thinking of girls with their fingers in my curls 
Too young to understand how love begins.

I'm on my second cup of coffee, I still can't face the day 
I'm thinkin' of the lady who got lost along the way 
And if I don't stop this tremblin' hand from reachin' for the phone
I'll be reachin' for the bottle Lord, before this day is done.

And if I don't stop this tremblin' hand from reachin' for the phone
I'll be reachin' for the bottle Lord, before this day is done.




(Transcribed by David Story - February 2013)