Don't Forget The Coffee Billy Joe - Tom T. Hall

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 our 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»

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 awhile

«Well, 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»

Well, they wonder why there ain’t no rabbits left this day and time

To tell the truth I guess we ate 'em all in '49

Was that yesterday or was it over 20 years ago

«Don't forget the coffee Billy Joe»

«Mama needs her medicine, she’s got that real bad cough

We’ll get our 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

Don’t forget the coffee Billy Joe»