Recalling a little brush with greatness - el bibliotecario ciego. Set in Bloomington, Indiana USA in the 1970s.
lyrics
Coffee with Borges
A long time before Starbucks,
and all the 'barista' jive
I drank a lotta' coffee
at "The Two Bit Rush"
a little college town dive.
With half a dozen round oak tables
each circled by a dozen unmatched chairs,
you'd sit right down with strangers,
cool jazz and lively conversation filled the smokey air.
I'd been to his lecture two days before,
so I recognized him right away
when he walked in through the door,
a studious gentleman in his late seventies,
grey hair and overcoat that billowed in the winter breeze.
His assistant showed him to a chair
at the table where I was sitting,
but he didn't see me there...
and I thought like,
"what do you say to Mr. Hemingway"?
(mmm)
Coffee with Borges.
(yeah, yeah, yeah)
Coffee with Borges.
Now there's seven billion human souls,
this planet is so very full,
and it seems they've all got a story to tell,
but here's the navigator of our collective dreams,
the polyglot translator, bending time,
with just the secret magic of his mind.
So I wanted to say something clever,
or at least express my respect,
ask him what in his long life
turned out to be worthwhile,
and what brought only pain, l
oss and regret...
but in the end,
I spoke not a single word,
remained invisible,
unspoken
and unheard.
But there's still this little snapshot in my brain,
though with the passing time
it's pale and creased and blurred.
(ewwww)
Coffee with Borges,
that's how I remember
Coffee with Borges,
(yeah, yeah)
Coffee with Borges.
A long time before Starbucks,
and all the 'barista' jive
I drank a lotta' coffee
at "The Two Bit Rush"
a little college town dive.
credits
from The Briars and the Brome,
released September 22, 2015
Written and produced by Return to Normal and Pichy Sotomayor. Lead guitar, bass and drums by Pichy Sotomayor. Trumpet and cornet by Mark Biegel. Piano by Marty Lucas. Mixed and mastered by Jon Huxtable, smallfishrecordings. Special thanks to Joyce for helping with the setting.
Return to Normal is Corinne and Marty Lucas -- mostly acoustic oriented new folk with a theatrical and storytelling approach, rich tonal blends and a subtle infusion of jazz and soul elements.
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