BEN SANDS: Listen
Coffee & Cheesecake (The Cheesecake Song)
From "Keep On Singing" by The Sands Family - Spring Records, 2008 www.sandsfamilyfolk.com
THE CHEESECAKE SONG Ben Sands Copyright Control 2008 In the corner of a cafe, with a coffee, killing time and a second-hand newspaper someone had left behind perusing some old story that had bored me twice before when I saw you through the headlines as you walked in through the door My heart began a-beating like a hundred conga drums and the muffin I was eating scattered in a spray of crumbs when you waked up to my table and you asked “is this place free?” I mumbled “yes” and spilled the cup of coffee round my knee Chorus Come here ‘til I tell ya, there’s something about ya you make me feel like no one’s ever made me feel before I can’t even think-a ‘bout living without ya and I knew it from the minute that you walked in through the door Well, I ordered two more coffees and you sat down with a sigh you looked so sad and lonely and then began to cry and I became all flustered, I tried to dry your tears with a hankie from my pocket that had been there several years You told me your sad story you described your life to me as you ate the piece of cheesecake I’d been saving for my tea by the time that it was finished sure you had me in your spell and cheesecake notwithstanding I’d have followed you to Hell! Chorus We chatted on together for an hour or two that day then as quickly as you came to me you quietly slipped away you said you might be back again next tuesday afternoon but seven tuesdays later I stir memories with a spoon Oh you meet so many people but remember very few just the ones who touch your heart and remind yourself of you So I sit here in the cafe and behold the trouser stain with the cheesecake in my pocket just in case you come again Chorus