Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Music Video: Nod Over Coffee

Mark Heard's Nod Over Coffee from his Second Hand CD (with Pierce Pettis).



Found another one with the original song in it:



Lyrics:

Nod Over Coffee

All the unsaid words that I might be thinking
And all the little signs that I might give you
They would not be enough
No they would not be enough

So we nod over coffee and say goodbye
Smile over coffee and turn to go
We know the drill and we do it well
We love it, we hate it
Ain't that life

Ain't that the curse of the second hand
Ain't that the way of the hour and the day

If I weren't so alone and afraid
They might pay me what I am worth
But it would not be enough
You deserve better

So we nod over coffee and say goodbye
Do whatever has to be done again today
Get in the traffic and time will fly
Look at the sun and pray for rain

Ain't that the curse of the second hand
Ain't that the way of the hour and the day

The dam of time cannot hold back
The dust that will surely come of these bones
And I'm sure I will not have loved enough
Will not have loved enough

If we could see with wiser eyes
What is good and what is sad and what is true
Still it would not be enough
Could never be enough

So we nod over coffee and say goodbye
Bolt the door it's time to go
Into the car with the radio on
Roll down the window and blow the horn

Ain't that the curse of the second hand
Ain't that the way of the hour and the day

Written by Mark Heard
© 1991 Ideola Music/ASCAP

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

On July 4, 1992, I was at the Mark Heard, Pierce Pettis & Kate Miner show, at the Cornerstone Festival.
there was a Coffee table set up on the side of the tent. I had only been drinking coffee infrequently for about a year & had no idea what I was doing.
I was making my cup of coffee, putting whatever seemed right in it, as I was pouring some honey in my cup, I felt someone look over my shoulder, and say "you put honey in your coffee too?" I smiled & nodded.
I call this my Nod Over Coffee.