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When The Coffee's All Gone

from Coyote Wings by Zoe Mulford

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A love song for people who stay up all night.

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Oooo, it's a working night - turn on the radio
The midnight oil is burning bright - we've got hours to go
You and me and the night-shift nurses, the clerks at the convenience store
making do and working through the longest hours of the twenty-four

Can't sleep 'til we've earned our daily bread,
and we live on coffee when sleep is dead
and when the coffee's all gone, we will live on music
we will live on music alone

Oooo, it's a working night - the midnight minutes run
We've all got so much to do before we see the sun
You and me and the cab dispatchers, the long-haul truckers on the road
Freight trains moan a mournful tone as they bear the heavy loads

Can't sleep 'til we've earned our daily bread...

The inventory-takers and the night construction crews
The slackers under deadline with no more time to lose
When the local stations turn to snow
we get the BBC on the radio -
on the other side of the world, they're making tomorrow's news

Oooo, it's a working night - the dark is wearing thin
We all stop to catch our breath before the birds begin
You and me and the brand-new parents, the crisis hotline volunteers
We gaze at the sky with wondering eyes: it's another day and we're still here

Can't sleep 'til we've earned our daily bread...

We're keeping watch and holding steady
cleaning up and making ready
stealing hours from the night
counting down until the light

Keeping watch and holding steady
cleaning up and making ready
stealing hours from the night
counting down
counting down
counting down
until the light

© 2012 Zoe Mulford/ SquashFlower (ASCAP)

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from Coyote Wings, released January 1, 2013

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Zoe Mulford Manchester, UK

American songwriter Zoe Mulford is best known for "The President Sang Amazing Grace," which has been covered by Joan Baez and the Kronos Quartet and was the International Folk Awards Song of the Year in 2018.

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