Black Coffee

Francis Joseph Burke, Paul Francis Webster

I'm feeling mighty lonesome
Haven't slept a wink
I walk the floor and watch the door
And in between I drink
Black coffee
Love's a hand me down brew
I'll never know a Sunday
In this weekday room

I'm talking to the shadows
From 1 o'clock til 4
And lord, how slow the moments go
When all I do is pour
Black coffee
Since the blues caught my eye
I'm hanging out on Monday
My Sunday dreams to dry

Now a man is born to go a lovin'
A woman's born to weep and fret
To stay at home and tend her oven
And drown her past regrets
In coffee and cigarettes

I'm moaning all the morning
And mourning all the night
And in between it's nicotine
And not much heart to fight
Black coffee
Feelin' low as the ground
It's driving me crazy just waiting for my baby
To maybe come around... around
I'm waiting for my baby
To maybe come around

My nerves have gone to pieces
My hair is turning gray
All I do is drink black coffee
Since my man's gone away

Trivia about the song Black Coffee by Ella Fitzgerald

On which albums was the song “Black Coffee” released by Ella Fitzgerald?
Ella Fitzgerald released the song on the albums “Let No Man Write My Epitaph” in 1960, “Ella Fitzgerald With Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra And Chorus” in 1967, “Things Ain't What They Used To Be” in 1970, “Jazz at the Philharmonic: The Ella Fitzgerald Set” in 1983, “Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song” in 1993, “Retrospective 1936-1956” in 2008, and “By Popular Demand: Ella Fitzgerald” in 2015.
Who composed the song “Black Coffee” by Ella Fitzgerald?
The song “Black Coffee” by Ella Fitzgerald was composed by Francis Joseph Burke, Paul Francis Webster.

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