Sunday, November 29, 2015

"I Love the Coffee Shop"


I first tried coffee when I was in junior high. The cup I tried came with cream and sugar, and I hated it. I didn’t drink coffee again until I got to Boston a few years later. There I tried cappuccino for the first time and loved it! Then my first summer in Boston, I was working in a pizza restaurant and the air conditioning went out. Our pizza ovens were at 750°F, and that kitchen got mighty warm! That’s when I learned to drink ice coffee with cream. For me the secret was NO SUGAR. Now I’ve been happily addicted to coffee for many years. This song pays homage to the Brigham’s restaurant in the Prudential Center in Boston’s Back Bay. I used to do a lot of songwriting there while eating club sandwiches and drinking coffee.

I Love the Coffee Shop

© 1985 Brian Hutzell

I think the best food in the world
Is never found in fancy places
Its behind the greasy counter
Frequented by common faces
The coffee and the sandwich
Served with slaw in generous portions
To the sound of scratchy music
From the radios AM station

I like sitting on a swivel stool
I like soup with a greasy spoon
The coffee shop to the sandwich bar
Theres the greatest food by far
The atmosphere makes me feel good
Like a five-star diner never could
I like the coffee shop
I love the coffee shop

I think the best way in the world
To forget your daily worries
Just relax beside a counter
Where you’re never in a hurry
A think old-fashioned malted
And a doughnut in the morning
And it only makes it better
If outside the rain is pouring

I like sitting on a swivel stool
I like soup with a greasy spoon
The coffee shop to the sandwich bar
Theres the greatest food by far
The atmosphere makes me feel good
Like a five-star diner never could
I like the coffee shop
I love the coffee shop

I like the coffee shop
I love the coffee shop
The coffee shop
The coffee shop!



“Revere Beach”

Brian Hutzell
from Bouncing Suit Legal


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