Here's beautiful performance by Ella Fitzgerald.
Sonny Burke wrote the mysterious lyrics,
capturing a feeling of loneliness in waiting for a lover
you ultimately know won't be coming back.
Paul Francis Webster wrote the music.

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Black Coffee LEAD SHEET

BLACK COFFEE

A.

I’m feeling mighty lonesome, haven’t slept a wink

I walk the floor and watch the door and in between I drink

Black coffee

Love’s a hand me down brew

I’ll never know a Sunday in this weekday room

A.

I’m talking to the shadows one o’clock ‘til four

And lord, how slow the moments go when all I do is pour

Black coffee

Since the blues caught my eye

I’m hanging out on Monday my Sunday dreams to dry

BRIDGE

Now a man is born to go a lovin’

A woman’s born to weep and fret

To stay at home and tend her oven

And drown her past regrets in coffee and cigarettes

A.

I’m moaning all the morning, mourning all the night

And in between it’s nicotine and not much heart to fight

Black coffee

Feelin’ low as the ground, it’s driving me crazy

This waiting for my baby to maybe come around

CODA

My nerves have gone to pieces

My hair is turning gray

All I do is drink black coffee

Since my man’s gone away