One More Cup of Coffee
(„Desire”, 1976 Columbia)
( a a G F E a G F E a G )
a
Your breath is sweet
G
Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky.
F
Your back is straight, your hair is smooth
E
On the pillow where you lie.
But I don't sense affection
No gratitude or love
Your loyalty is not to me
But to the stars above.
F E
One more cup of coffee for the road,
F E
One more cup of coffee 'fore I go
a G F E
To the valley below.
Your daddy he's an outlaw
And a wanderer by trade
He'll teach you how to pick and choose
And how to throw the blade.
He oversees his kingdom
So no stranger does intrude
His voice it trembles as he calls out
For another plate of food.
Your sister sees the future
Like your mama and yourself.
You've never learned to read or write
There's no books upon your shelf.
And your pleasure knows no limits
Your voice is like a meadowlark
But your heart is like an ocean
Mysterious and dark.
'One More Cup of Coffee' tells the tale of a girl whose family are gypsies and drifters, and of the man who must leave her to enter the „valley below”. The narrator describes a character who is beautiful: „your eyes are like two jewels in the sky” but for whom the narrator's love and admiration are not reciprocated (”but I don't sense affection no gratitude or love, your loyalty is not to me but to the stars above”). The song deals with themes of abandonment; the apparent end of a relationship and the concept of a coming journey. The song could be seen as a metaphor for Dylan's relationship with Sara; however, this is unsubstantiated. The song is also thought to have been inspired by a visit Dylan made to Saintes Maries de Mer in Provence, France, where there is an annual gathering of Romany people who venerate Saint Sarah the Egyptian. This would seem to point to another link to Sara Dylan. (Ref. Picknett,L. and Prince, C. „The Templar Revelation”, 1997, p. 90.)