Woke Me With a Coffee

I see this photo hanging on the wall, in my mind, when he sings "woke me with a coffee and a sweet."


Valentine woke me with a coffee and a sweet
And her long black stockings
And her brown leather boots
And that pen, she writes all the words on the sides of
the pages
Got drowned in the flood

Yea and I asked if she would dance
Down to the station with me
But she couldn't hear the question
From all the music in the street
And I would have asked her again

- Joe Purdy "Been Up So Long"


Wormsloe Plantation
Savannah, GA
2014