Lyrics to
Second Cup Of Coffee

This version of Second Cup Of Coffee was released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1972.

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I’m on my second cup of coffee and I still can’t face the day
I’m thinking of the lady who got lost along the way
And if I don’t stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone
I’ll be reachin’ for the bottle, Lord, before this day is done
I’m on my second cup of coffee and I still can’t face the day
The room was filled with laughs as we danced the night away
But my sleep was filled with dreaming of the wrongs that I had done
And the gentle sweet reminder of a daughter and a son

Sitting alone, my friends have all gone home
You never know when they’ll come droppin’ in
Thinking of girls with their fingers in my curls
Too young to understand how love begins

I’m on my second cup of coffee and I still can’t face the dawn
The radio is playin’ a soft country song
And if I don’t stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone
I’ll be reachin’ for the bottle, Lord, before this day is done

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About Lyrics and Second Cup Of Coffee by Gordon Lightfoot

The lyrics for Second Cup Of Coffee are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Gordon Lightfoot. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Second Cup Of Coffee have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Second Cup Of Coffee - Gordon Lightfoot and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Second Cup Of Coffee by Gordon Lightfoot in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Second Cup Of Coffee" means the words set to the music of Second Cup Of Coffee, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Gordon Lightfoot. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Second Cup Of Coffee and the lyrics to Second Cup Of Coffee are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Gordon Lightfoot who came here looking just for the lyrics to Second Cup Of Coffee, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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