03 First Cup of Coffee 4:55

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Reflective, Sparse –

Credits:
Jeff Wall - Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
Words & Music - Jeff Wall


This song is about the sudden realization that you are no longer a kid, but a 60 year old grown-**** man with responsibilities. It’s also reflection on the hole left in your life by the passing of your father, no matter how long ago that took place.

A couple of years ago, I attended a songwriting workshop with Joe Newberry in Greensboro, NC. One of the things we discussed was “Where do songs come from?”

I don’t know the answer to that. I struggle with trying to figure out what to write about. Once I can figure THAT part out, the rest is easy.

Joe gave us an exercise where he had us write a page about something. Anything actually. It didn’t matter what it was about. Just write one page. Then we went through each page collectively and we pulled out phrases that stood out to us. Those phrases were written on sticky notes and then attached to the dry erase board.

“My First Cup Of Coffee”,
“Jump start my day”,
”You Don’t Have to Like It”,
”I Love my wife and my children”,
“The adult in the room”.
"Mark Dillon is a dork"

I looked at the board and could already see the song was there, I just needed to rearrange a few things.

This song was heavily influenced by Steve Goodman's "My Old Man"

credits
Jeff Wall - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar