Coffee By Numbers (Faon's Song)

I'm wearing five pretty hats today

I got four places to be and three critical endeavours to save

Two hands are not enough to balance all this stupid stuff and

One head can hardly run on zero hours of sleep

You know that it's not fun

But Sixth Avenue is calling me away

It's seven blocks from here to eight or nine perfect cafés

I guess I've drawn some kind of line, gonna drop some balls, gonna make some time

My steps are steering that way now

It's not like I'm useful lately anyhow

I'm gonna waste some time and play

I'm gonna find the right café

I'm gonna lay down my dismay and sit in just one chair all day

And wonder wonder wonder -- what it would take to stop

The world -- a spell

I feel dizzy and a bit unwell

Just sit, just stare

There's no one in mortal peril if I

Stop the world awhile

One raw sugar please, I love your smile Babe

Just chill, just breathe

I'll take this one in a real cup please

I'm gonna breathe deep 'til I'm dizzy

Hey Stranger, you look pretty busy

Hey Love, you look like a zombie on parade

You got a cell phone sword and a briefcase barricade

You can't taste your coffee when you drink so fast, is that your tenth

Or eleventh cup? Stranger, look at me

I've never said hello and that's killing me

I've seen you here a dozen times

But I've been wrapped up in my rhymes

We've both got places to be and people to see and doubtless ladders to climb

But wouldn't you wouldn't you love to stop

The world -- with me

Take ten minutes being just to be

We'll talk -- or not

You don't really need that extra shot

Just sit down -- drink up

Darlin', you look simply thunderstruck

I'm new myself

To this startled state of mental health

And I'm mad, I'm sore

So let's hold the phone, babe, let's hit ignore

Might read, might just write

Or I might not do one damn worthwhile thing tonight

I like to walk downtown at night

I like the calm, the dark, the lights

I like the bracing winter air

And I like having five minutes to care

How've you been on your feet so long

As if you had to run the world, had to right every last wrong

As if you could! As if we're all waiting on you

Aren't you tired of somnambulating?

Stop the world a spell

If you feel sick step off the carousel

Just sit -- just stare

Did you think the world would really care

If you stopped the world with me?

Sit down Love, we'll take some tea

Let's rage, let's cry

It feels so nice to depetrify Love

I wanna lay down roots, I wanna hold the line

I want a day of rest, I want a Sunday smile

So take off your hat and unclench your teeth

And fill up your mouth with something sweet

You have to breathe.

Write it on your forehead if you need to.

Just don't forget --

Or aren't you tired of somnambulating yet?