cup of caffeine
There’s many ways things can be said
But there’s only one thing that they mean.
Send a fool on an errand,
He’ll bring ya back a coffee bean.
Send a man who knows the way,
He’ll bring ya back a cup of caffeine.
Don’t worry about the book cover.
It’s just there to hold back dust.
It’s the inside that helps you discover
How to drive the bus.
There’s many ways to shift gears, some make them scream.
It don’t matter much, just don’t ride into someone else’s dream.
And it don’t matter how you say it.
There’s only one thing it can mean.
Send a fool on an errand,
He’ll bring ya back a coffee bean.
Send a man who knows the way,
He’ll bring ya back a cup of caffeine.
Some things can only be won from a distance,
Some only close up.
Some only lost no matter your persistence.
It’s hard to know where to stop.
And in the end it don’t matter how you say it.
It don’t matter if you are the richest king
Or a down on your luck misanthropic queen,
Or if you are a priest talking through a confidential screen.
The words could be sacred or they could be obscene.
Any way they come out there’s only one thing they can mean.
Send a fool on an errand,
He’ll bring ya back a coffee bean.
Send a man who knows the way,
He’ll bring ya back a cup of caffeine.