Coffee Stand Girl - TJ Carter

An original song written and recorded by me, TJ Carter, recorded 10-24-11.
Lyrics:
She works at the coffee stand
She flirts with the older men
She smiles and she gets her tips
Enough to pay for her cigarettes

she wears a little eye shadow
She's got black leggings on
She always looks so good
On the outside

She wasn't sure what to do
When she left the U
She thought she might join a band
But she got a job at the coffee stand

And now I see her almost every day
When I go in for my coffee break
She looks at me with those eyes
And she smiles but I know something's not right

Oh something's not right, Oh something's not right

But I love her, she talks to me
And I watch her, she pours my coffee
I wish I could take her away
To an island baby, Somewhere in the sea

She thinks about leaving town
Maybe just bumming around
She could live like Kerouac
Hop a train and never look back

But then she thinks about her loans to pay off
And how much time it takes to catch up
The system seems so corrupt
She feels like giving up

Oh like giving up, Oh like giving up

But I love her
Wish she could be free
And I want her
To be the best she can be
And I wish I could take her away
To an island baby, somewhere in the sea

At night when she closes up
Takes the chairs in from the front
Counts the money and puts it away
She sighs and reflects on the day

She thinks there's got to be a better way
This life feels like a game
There's a longing that she can't explain
In her heart and its flickering flame

Oh like a flame, Oh like a flame

She got the idea from a TV show
She'd torch the stand and head for Mexico
She poured the gasoline on the floor
Left her tips lying in the jar

But I love her
Even though she left me
And I miss her, I hope she's happy
I wonder if she's free
On an island baby, somewhere in the sea

Sometimes I still think about that girl
She used to light up my world
Then she lit up thecoffee stand
I hope she made it in the end

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Coffee
• Stand
• girl
• song
• singer
• singing
• seattle
• indie
• folk
• original
• music
• acoustic
• guitar
• songwriter
• live
• awesome
• arson
• fire
• island
• sea
• original song
• cool
• TJ
• Carter
• TJ Carter
• free
• indie folk
• unsigned
• alternative
• wwu
• western
• washington
• university

[olyflynns]

Where do you want to take this, TJ?