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Strong Coffee

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Strong Coffee
by Jon Porobil

Life in slow motion
Trudge through a bog
Eyes getting cloudy
Brain in a fog

It’s hard when your mind
Doesn’t work as designed
Strong coffee
Strong coffee

A day full of bruises
Embarrassing spills
Figure out the next morning
I forgot to take my pills

It’s hard when your mind
Doesn’t work as designed
Strong coffee
Strong coffee

All right

Strong Coffee
Strong Coffee
Strong
Strong
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(Nothing Hits Like) Strong Coffee (Or You)
by The Popped Hearts feat. Cincinnati Kazoo Ensemble

All my life
I’ve been looking for some fun
On a benzo noonday walkabout
Or a dexys midnight run

All my life
Just trying to catch that buzz
I drank ocho of that loco
I got busted by the fuzz

But all my life
No matter what I do
Nothing hits like a cup of strong black coffee
Or feels like the way I felt
When I saw you
At the Cincinnati Zoo
You were dressed up all in blue
You were playing a kazoo
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Strong Coffee - Paco del Stinko

I like a cup of brew first thing in the morning
How 'bout you when do you start a pourin'
If it's too clear it ain't for me
'Cos I only want a cup of strong coffee

I like it black and roasted like the French
I'm out of whack if it don't hit me like a monkey wrench
And if it's got a bag like a cup of tea
Well that don't cut it I need strong coffee

It doesn't have to be the best
But it really should be nice and fresh
And if it doesn't pass the test
Well I guess I'll go and try the rest


I like it hot with a bit of steam
In case you forgot I don't want no cream
And if I buy the beans or I get a cup for free
It's gotta be a cup of strong coffee
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Been a minute...

Ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh (percolator)

Black as night, bold as Hell
Strong coffee is all I smell

As the depths of addition ensures
A Dark roast, death metal Breeeeeeewwwwwww

Dark roast! Bitter blend
Fuel the night 'til the very end

Caffiene rush! Headbang high!
In the mosh pit I never die

Black tar, strong as hell
Black coffee is all I smell

As the depths of addition ensures
A Dark roast, death metal Breeeeeeewwwwwww

In the pit! high on Caffeine
My mug reigns supreme

No sleep! No end in sight
This coffee consumes the night

Let flow, let it fuel my rage
In the pit, I'll never age

Death metal, coffee, and the night
Together, we always ignite

With mug in hand I scream and shout
Another pot's what I'm about

Death Metal brew is all my life
A brew that cuts through pain and strife

Brewed with Fire! The High Lord's elixir
Filtered through my darkened liver

Raven blood, cryptic juice!
The dogs of hell let loose

Bitter, bold! My source of power!
A dark brew in every metal hour

With every sip my adrenalin spikes
In the pit, my java soul ignites!
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Strong Coffee
by Wages

VERSE 1
C7jam
Oh boy I need some strong coffee
To get through this copy
In another day of which I
G Am?
need a measure of control

this office is too sloppy
it’s like they’re all smoking poppies
I can’t wait for
Friday to roll around

BRIDGE/CHORUS
F C7 G
Get down caffeine
Help me free
So jitter baby
Am D
So I can breath

VERSE 2
Hurt’s good with a donut
I dip and bite as I want
It’s a gentle reprise
From the daily grind Jim had found

So what if I gain some
It’s better than going postal
I’ll work out at the gym
Or just get diabetis here

BRIDGE/CHORUS

OUTRO
Oh boy I need some strong coffee
Oh boy I need some strong coffee
Oh boy I need some strong coffee
Or a quad tall latte with low fat almond milk, one vanilla and a dash of cinnamon
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Strong Coffee
by bgm

if I drink anymore it'll gimme the shakes
can't stop now I'll do whatever it takes
from a filthy gas station in a paper cup
I know it's the only thing that's keeping me up

it's a cold-hearted twisted narcoleptical race
i drink strong coffee and I slap my own face
there's one simple thing that I know I can't do
but the warm sleepy feeling keeps inviting me to

just close your eyes...

I have the ability to stay in a line
if I'm there in 4 hours then I'm probably fine
I'll maybe just think a bit and maybe I won't
it takes everything to make sure that I don't

just close my eyes...

(silly talking bit)

I close my eyes...
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'Strong Coffee'
by Johnny Cashpoint
Features a drum sample from Fontaines DC's "Roman Holiday".


Here's a warning - early mornings
Aren't the best thing for my being!
No amount of your strong coffee
Ever stops me being grumpy.

(Caffeine coffin) makes me frothy, naughty and cocky,
(Caffeine Coffin) also leaves me feeling dodgy

Don't talk to me until I see
At least thirty cups of coffee
Love my daily dose of bean,
not to mention the nicotine

(Caffeine Coffin) It's a perculiar macabre hobby, to be
(Caffeine Coffin) Drowning yourself with cups of strong cofee

KAZOO ORCHESTRA'
(Caffeine Coffin,
(Caffeine Caf Caf Caf)

Why is my blood pressure not dropping?
Softly, softly spitting and coughing
Don't want to die so changing and chopping
This lifestyle's too costly, I choose to stay a
Morning Zombie.
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Strong Coffee
Pigfarmer Jr

I don't want to be this way
Ignoring everything you say
But it's too early for your shit
Why don't you fuck yourself
And put a sock in it?

I need strong coffee
I need strong coffee
It's all that I can do
When I have to put up with you
And I don't even like drinking coffee

I don't like the way you sound
I don't even like it when you're around
I want to tell you to fuck off
But you'd cry and make a scene
Because you're too fucking soft

I need strong coffee
I need strong coffee
It's all that I can do
When I have to put up with you
And I don't even like drinking coffee

I need you to understand
I'm like this in the mornings
If I've told you once then I've told you twice
Let me be 'til I get going

I'd think you'd know by now
But you can't get it through your head
If you don't leave me alone right now
Then you might just end up dead

I need strong coffee
I need strong coffee
It's all that I can do
When I have to put up with you
And I don't even like drinking coffee
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Strong coffee

C. Em. Am F. Am
I wasn't feeling chipper when I woke I'd stay in bed except that I was broke
Dm. Am. Em. Am
A flutter in my stomach as I watched my credit plummet, Livin off of hope and crumbling yolks

F. C. G. Am F. C. G
Try some strong coffee a crossword and some beans A smoothie made from blended spinach greens
F. C E7 Am F. G. AM
I lasted seven days Till that honey cruller glaze, It stole my heart and crawled into my dreams

C. Em. Am F. Am
I wasn't checking tasks of my list. A ship who stays at anchor in the mist
Dm. Am. Em. Am
A winter brush with scurvy, The doldrums were unnerving I said I know what can cure me of this

F C G Am F C G
Gotta be Strong coffee with OJ on the rocks A fizzing alkaseltzer makes it talk
F C E7 Am F G C
Simmer slow and drink it hot That pH play sure hits the spot A citrus mist with an aftertaste of chalk

Am. Em Am. Em
I was talking anything I thought would work. My pusher just my friendly grocery clerk
Dm. Am G. G7
A tablespoon of dijonnaise, calories for busy days molasses stains and ketchup on my shirt

C. Em. Am F. Am
I wasn't sweating near enough as I should. Wasn't peeing half as much as I could
Dm Am. Em. Am
Wasn't stretching neither I was sorer than a beaver who swam and built a dam from toothsawn wood

F C G Am F C G
I settled on Strong Coffee, rum and airplane glue, crush an Ibuprofen if you choose
F C E7 Am F G Am
Mix it up and throw it back Any regrets drink ipicac, and chase down with 24 hour news
F G C
And Sunday morning throw up in the pews
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Re: Strong Coffee

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Strong Coffee by Joblito

Lying there, I open one eye
I yawn and stretch with a sigh
I need strong coffee, how I long for coffee
Strong enough for me
Yeah
Strong enough for me

Every day, it's the same old brew
But it's the first thing I must do
I want hot coffee, a whole pot of coffee
Hot enough for me
Yeah
Hot enough for me

Involuntary twitch of my wrist makes it twirl
I tighten my grip as I watch that last little swirl
Then I take another sip and now it's all gone
I savored every drip but now it's all gone
I need strong coffee, how I long for coffee
Strong enough for me
Yeah
Strong enough for me


Involuntary twitch of your wrist makes it twirl
You tighten your grip as you watch that last little swirl
Then you take another sip and now it's all gone
You savored every drip but now it's all gone
You need strong coffee, how you long for coffee
Strong enough for thee
Yeah
Strong enough for thee

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Verse:
D > A > G > A7
Em > D > A
Em > D > A
G > A7
G > A7

Bridge:
A#m > A > A#m > A
Em > D > A
Em > D > A
G > A7
G > A7
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Strong Coffee - WreckdoM

From ancient Ethiopia
Cult of the bean
To the streetcorners of Utopia
Wired on caffiene

Strong coffee

Bow to the brew
Morning jetfuel
Imbibing brown water
Driver of empire

Strong coffee

Strong coffee to fuel the fight
Strong coffee black as night

Strong coffee
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Strong Coffee
Cybronica


4am
Sipping cold brew in your house coat
And I am
Tucked beside you on the pillow
The moon light cannot reach us here
But the stillness holds our queerest moments

Moments in the morning before work
The coffee burning off the hours
We were dreaming in the wilds
Of our sleeping hearts.
Every drop returns our minds to waking
You and I unconsciously taking
All the time that we can press
from this early morning light
In the middle of the night.

Memories of the night before
Pass over the threshold to dreams.
I shut my eyes once more
To savor this small routine
When life is naught but quiet moments,
Whispered nothings, sweet as mocha,
Gentle kisses, knowing little
Matters but this instant in your arms
As we silence our alarms.

Half past five
Empty mugs placed in the sink
Both revived
The morning passed by us in a wink.
At the door, our coats in hand
A simple kiss to say, “until we meet again”
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