The Coffee Shop Song

from Denouement by Becky Olive

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Hey dear boy what are you
Doing over there
With all your
Worries and your cares overhead.
Hey dear boy why are you
So into politics
And calculating what makes the brain tick.
Hey dear boy your head is
Too full of equations.
Too full of calculations.
Put down that pencil and
Close that computer.
Nothing could be greater
Than you and me and soon you'll see.
Hey dear boy why don't you
Grab a coffee.
And sit here next to me.
This could be the start of
Something brilliant and something
None of the scholars saw coming.
This won't be like a math or a science
So put down that calculator and
Use those lips and smile at me.
Hey dear boy why are you
So into politics.
And calculating what makes the brain tick.
Hey dear boy why don't you
Put down that pencil
And come over here and sit down.
I will talk with you.
You can teach me
Something new.
But hey dear boy why are you
So into politics.
Come over here and see what makes my brain tick.
We're staining our teeth and probably
Killing our brain cells with caffeine but we're
Feeling good at 19.
Hey dear boy.
Hey dear boy.
Hey dear boy come sit next to me.

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from Denouement, released June 22, 2015

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