Black Coffee in Bed

Album: Sweets from a Stranger (1982)
Charted: 51
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  • There's a stain on my notebook where your coffee cup was
    And there's ash in the pages, now I've got myself lost
    I was writing to tell you that my feelings tonight
    Are a stain on my notebook that rings your goodbye

    Oh, now she's gone
    And I'm back on the beat
    A stain on my notebook
    Says nothing to me
    Oh, now she's gone
    And I'm out with a friend (out with a friend)
    With lips full of passion
    (Ooh) And coffee in bed

    (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
    (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)

    With the way that you left me, I can hardly contain
    (Hardly contain)
    The hurt and the anger and the joy of the pain
    (Joy of the pain)
    Now knowing I'm single, there'll be fire in my eyes
    (Fire in my eyes)
    And a stain on my notebook for a new love tonight
    (New love tonight)

    Oh, now she's gone
    And I'm back on the beat
    A stain on my notebook
    Says nothing to me
    Oh, now she's gone
    And I'm out with a friend (out with a friend)
    With lips full of passion
    (Ooh) And coffee in bed

    (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
    (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)

    Oh, now she's gone
    And I'm out with a friend (out with a friend)
    With lips full of passion
    (Ooh) And coffee in bed

    (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
    (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)

    Oh, from lips without passion to the lips with a kiss
    There's nothing of your love that I'll ever miss
    The stain on my notebook remains all that's left
    Of the memory of late nights and coffee in bed
    Of the memory of late nights and coffee in bed

    Now she's gone
    And I'm back on the beat
    Oh, a stain on my notebook
    Says nothing to me
    Oh, now she's gone (now she's gone)
    And I'm out with a friend (out with a friend)
    With lips full of passion
    (Ooh) And coffee in bed

    (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
    (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)

    Now she's gone (black coffee in bed)
    I'm back on the beat (black, black coffee in bed)
    A stain on my notebook (black, black, black coffee in bed)
    Says nothing to me (black coffee in bed)
    Now she's gone (black, black coffee in bed)
    I'm back on the beat (black, black, black coffee in bed)
    A stain on my notebook (black coffee in bed)
    Says nothing to me (black, black coffee in bed)

    (Black, black, black coffee in bed) Oh, coffee in bed
    (Black) Coffee in bed
    (Black, black coffee in bed)
    (Black, black, black coffee in bed)

    (Black coffee in bed)
    (Black, black coffee in bed) Coffee in bed
    (Black, black, black coffee in bed)
    (Black coffee in bed)
    (Black, black coffee in bed)
    (Black, black, black coffee in bed) Writer/s: Christopher Difford, Glenn Tilbrook
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 2

  • Squeeze Fan from NyI saw Squeeze a few weeks ago, and this was the closing encore. The tempo was much faster than the recording, and included band introductions and a solo from each. Brought the house down.
  • Anthony from New York, NyWell reading some of what's written in the "songfacts" section I think Glenn Tilbrook is being a tad bit harsh on himself. It's a good song that's sung perfectly for the type of song that it is. Its easy to see this is a song about a rocky & difficult relationship that had ended & the singer expresses the pain & remorse of said relationship. Most of us have been there sad to say. Again this song is well written & perfectly sung & paced IMO anyway. Nothing to be ashamed of where you have to come out & say that you "cant stand to hear it" any longer but if that's how the man feels about it, I have to respect it, even though I feel differently than he does about it. Good song.
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