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From "Keep On Singing" by The Sands Family - Spring Records, 2008 www.sandsfamilyfolk.com

THE CHEESECAKE SONG
Ben Sands Copyright Control 2008



In the corner of a cafe, with a coffee, killing time
and a second-hand newspaper someone had left behind
perusing some old story that had bored me twice before
when I saw you through the headlines as you walked in through the door

My heart began a-beating like a hundred conga drums
and the muffin I was eating scattered in a spray of crumbs
when you waked up to my table and you asked “is this place free?”
I mumbled “yes” and spilled the cup of coffee round my knee

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Come here ‘til I tell ya, there’s something about ya
you make me feel like no one’s ever made me feel before
I can’t even think-a ‘bout living without ya
and I knew it from the minute that you walked in through the door

Well, I ordered two more coffees and you sat down with a sigh
you looked so sad and lonely and then began to cry
and I became all flustered, I tried to dry your tears
with a hankie from my pocket that had been there several years

You told me your sad story you described your life to me
as you ate the piece of cheesecake I’d been saving for my tea
by the time that it was finished sure you had me in your spell
and cheesecake notwithstanding I’d have followed you to Hell!

Chorus

We chatted on together for an hour or two that day
then as quickly as you came to me you quietly slipped away
you said you might be back again next tuesday afternoon
but seven tuesdays later I stir memories with a spoon

Oh you meet so many people but remember very few
just the ones who touch your heart and remind yourself of you
So I sit here in the cafe and behold the trouser stain
with the cheesecake in my pocket just in case you come again


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