Two Cups of Coffee

Intro

Fingerpicked acoustic guitar, a kettle starting to hum

Verse 1

Every morning at a quarter past sixMy grandpa's in the kitchen with the radio onHe fills up two cups, one black and one sweetThough it's been three winters since Grandma's been gone

Pre-Chorus

I asked him once, "Why do you still pour two?"He smiled like I was the one who didn't get itHe said, "Son, some habits are just loveThat you never found a reason to forget"

Chorus

So I want a love like two cups of coffeeStill warm on the table when you're goneI want a love that outlives the morningA love that keeps the radio onWhen I'm old and my hands start shakingI hope somebody's there to pourI want a love like two cups of coffeeNothing less and nothing more

Verse 2

He met her at a dance in nineteen sixty-fourShe stepped on his feet and he never let goFifty-one years of fighting over the thermostatAnd she let him win just so he'd know

Pre-Chorus

Now her chair's by the window where the morning comesAnd he talks to it like she's gonna replyAnd maybe she does, 'cause every single dayThe sun finds her side first, and he doesn't ask why

Chorus

So I want a love like two cups of coffeeStill warm on the table when you're goneI want a love that outlives the morningA love that keeps the radio onWhen I'm old and my hands start shakingI hope somebody's there to pourI want a love like two cups of coffeeNothing less and nothing more

Bridge

Stomps and claps, everybody sings

Oh, pour one for the ones we loveOh, pour one for the ones who stayOh, pour one for the ones who leftAnd never really went away

Final Chorus

Full choir, big and bright

So I want a love like two cups of coffeeStill warm on the table when you're goneI want a love that outlives the morningA love that keeps the radio onWhen I'm old and my hands start shakingI hope somebody's there to pourI want a love like two cups of coffeeNothing less and nothing more

Outro

Just guitar and voice

Quarter past sixTwo cups on the table