Instant Coffee Blues

G D C A D He washed all the road dirt from his A face and from his neck || C And sat down at her table and G she picked up his check. D And she took him home for reasons that she A did not understand. C And him, he had the answers but A did not show his hand. G Em For him he knew the taste of this wine very well. C D G It all goes down so easily but the next day is hell. D C A D Morning - "Man was I drunk," she A wispered in the shower. While he C lay there and smoked his way there G through the final hour. D And she felt wholly empty like she'd A felt it every time. And he was C feelin' just the same, 'cept he was A tryin' to make it rhyme. G Em Time was of the essence so they both did their best, C D G to meet up in the kitchen feelin fully dressed. D She just had to go to work, and A he just had to go. C And she knew where and he knew how to G blow it off and so. D They shot the breeze quite cavalier to the A boilin' of the pot. C And sang the Instant Coffee Blues A and never fired a shot. G Em And him he hit the driveway with his feelin's in a case. C D G And her she hit the stoplight and touched up her face. G Em So you tell them the difference between caring and not. C D G And that it's all done with mirrors, lest they forgot. G Em I said it's all done with mirrors, of which they have none. C D G To blend the instant coffee blues into the morning sun. D C A D