Intro: I'm sitting at the counter, in the terminal cafe That Greyhound bound for Tulsa is still half an hour away It's a little slice of life I think I'd just as soon forget Seven cups of coffee, fourteen cigarettes The people see right through me, if they see my face at all I'm a shadow in the corner, I'm a fly upon the wall I'm not the kind of guy you'd like to say you'd ever met Seven cups of coffee, fourteen cigarettes And I got ten or twelve good reasons why I live the way I do If you like real sad stories I can tell you one or two It makes no difference where you go once love has gone away And there's another bus to somewhere every hour, every day I'm just waiting for the pain to stop but that ain't happened yet Seven cups of coffee, fourteen cigarettes (Solo) }x2 Yeah I got ten or twelve good reasons why I live the way I do If you like real sad stories I can tell you one or two It makes no difference where you go once love has gone away And there's another bus to somewhere every hour, every day It seems that lately this is as good as it ever gets Seven cups of coffee, fourteen cigarettes Hey seven cups of coffee, fourteen cigarettes