Don't Forget The Coffee Billy Joe

Don’t Forget the Coffee, Billy Joe Tom T. Hall
Guitar/Dobro intro

It snowed the night before and it had frozen on the ground,
We didn't have a car and we lived seven miles from town,
And I can hear my daddy's voice, so many years ago,
Saying, don't forget the coffee, Billy Joe.

Mama needs her medicine, she's got that real bad cough,
We'll get a check on Monday, tell ol' Sam we'll pay him off,
You can catch a ride when you get to the black-top road.
Don't forget the coffee, Billy Joe.
SPLIT BREAK

Well, me and Quentin went back on the hill and we cut some wood.
Burnin' in that ol' warm mornin' stove it sure smelled good.
Daddy couldn't get work then and I was just a child,
And God was on vacation for a while.

If you see Fred, you tell him I'll come help him kill them hogs,
And ask him if he'd still be interested in my dogs.
Don't hang around that pool room all day, we might get more snow.
And don't forget the coffee, Billy Joe.
SPLIT BREAK

Well, they wonder why there ain't no rabbits in this state and time,
To tell the truth, I think we ate 'em all in '49.
Was that only yesterday, or all those years ago?
Don't forget the coffee, Billy Joe.

Mama needs her medicine, she's got that real bad cough,
We'll get a check on Monday, tell ol' Sam we'll pay him off.
You can catch a ride when you get to the black-top road.
Don't forget the coffee Billy Joe.
Now pay attention, son, And don't forget the coffee, Billy Joe.