Coffee And A Kiss

I read the other day that the inventor of a New York Coffee Cup had died. I don't live in NY and I really didn't drink much coffee there, especially from push carts and such, but I immediately remembered this tee shirt from Steely Dan and knew it must be the same one. We called it the Coffee and a Kiss Tee Shirt, from the lyrics of a Steely Dan song, Lunch With Gina. I went back to the Tour Archives and there it was. The Iconic Coffee Cup, just as I remembered it.

So for today, in honor of Leslie Buck's passing, a little...


Lunch with Gina


That must be her again
She's leaning on my bell
That cold psychotic ring
The one I know so well
So I'm nailed to the floor in the no-option zone
There's about zero chance she'll give up and go home

This endless afternoon
It started on the day I met her
Lunch with Gina is forever

She's coming 'round the corner
Her body's just a blur
I peel out like The Flash
It don't mean boo to her
So I duck into Nino's -- she's barred from the place
The minute I walk out she's right in my face

She's got nothing but time
No use in trying to be clever
Lunch with Gina is forever

Now I'm in my apartment
The blinds down the lights out
The phone rings God help me
There's nobody home

I crouch on the carpet
Not breathing just being
Like meat on the bone

I'm in a cozy booth
Maybe my watch is fast
Another Tanqueray
I'll wait 'til twenty past
I'm about to go postal when she waltzes in
I guess she's a knockout -- hey where have I been?

The waiter never comes
God knows the service could be better
Lunch with Gina is forever

Coffee and a kiss
Maybe later maybe never
Lunch with Gina...

The best I can get you in the way of a song clip, is here at Amazon. No You Tube exists for this song. A real shame, because it's classic...much as the coffee cup is.