Name: My Last Cup of Coffee
Duration: P00H03M47S
Description: Another true story, this one is about a caffeine-fueled teenage trauma. And an NBA playoff game.

My Last Cup of Coffee

from When You're Happy by Howie Newman

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Another true story, this one is about a caffeine-fueled teenage trauma. And an NBA playoff game.

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Gather ’round the breakfast table, children you will hear
About a midnight ride but not the one by Paul Revere
It was me and my brother, and two cousins I recall
My last cup of coffee and a game of basketball

It was April 1970 when we headed out the door
For a little road trip, set our sights on Baltimore
The Eastern Conference playoffs
The Bullets and the Knicks
We were teenage superfans, that’s how we got our kicks

It was my last cup of coffee, I never touched another drop
Drivin’ home from Baltimore, we made a little stop
I was tired and we were lost. I broke into a sweat
And drank my last cup of coffee, the one I can’t forget

The Knicks won by a point or two, it was quite a show
We saw Reed and Bradley, and Earl the Pearl Monroe
Four excited teens hopped aboard my Chevy 2
With only one licensed driver. That was you know who

I used two creams and a sugar, or was it the other way around?
I was growing weary and I quickly gulped it down
My stomach turned inside out and I began to pray
Wondrin’ how people drink this stuff, each and every day

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from When You're Happy, released December 15, 2016
Howie: acoustic guitar, lead and backup vocals, wood block
Rob Ignazio: bass
Janet Feld: backup vocals
Que Unlimited: snare drum

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