Mandy Patinkin

Coffee in a Cardboard Cup
THE TROUBLE WITH THE WORLD TODAYIT SEEMS TO MEIS COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.THE TROUBLE WITH THE AFFLUENT SOCIETYIS COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.NO ONE`S EVER CASUAL AND NONCHALANT,NO ONE WASTES A MINUTE IN A RESTAURANT,NO ONE WANTS A WAITRESS PASSING PLEASANTRIES,LIKE `HIYA MISS, HIYA SIR,MAY I TAKE YOUR ORDER PLEASE?`THE TROUBLE WITH THE WORLD TODAY,IT`S PLAIN TO SEEIS EV`RYTHING IS HURRY UP.IT`S `RUSH IT THROUGH.SongtexteDON`T BE SLOW.B.L.T. ON RYE TO GO,AND COFFEE`I THINK SHE SAID`COFFEE`I KNOW SHE SAID`COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.`THE TROUBLE WITH THE HELTER SKELTER LIFE WE LEADIS COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.THE TROUBLE, THE PSYCHOLOGISTS HAVE ALL AGREED,IS COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.TELL ME WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DREARIER,THAN SEABOARD FROM THE BELNORD CAFETERIA.SEEMS TO ME A GENTLEMAN WOULD MUCH PREFERAN `AFTERNOON!HOW YOU BEEN?WOULD YOU LIKE THE SPECIAL, SIR?`THE TROUBLE WITH THE WORLD IS PLAIN TO SEEIS EV`RYTHING IS HURRY UP.THERE`S READY WHIP,INSTANT TEA,MINUTE RICE AND MY OH ME,THERE`S `COFFEE`I THINK SHE SAID `COFFEE`I KNOW SHE SAID`COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.`THE TROUBLE ITH THE WORLD TODAYBEYOND A DOUBTIS COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.THE TROUBLE IS THE WAYWE LIKE TO TAKE THINGS OUTLIKE COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.NO ONE KNOWS THE MEANING OF UTOPIAIS DINING AT YOUR CONER CORNUCOPIA.SEEMS TO ME WE WOULDN`T BESUCH NERVOUS WRECKSWITH `HELLO THERE.BE RIGHT BACK.WOULD YOU CARE FOR SEPARATE CHECKS?`THE TROUBLE WITH THE WORLD TODAYIT`S PLAIN TO SEEIS EV`RYTHING IS HURRY UP:IT`S ALL BECOME LOONEY TUNESWITH SUGAR PACKS AND PLASTIC SPOONSAND `COFFEE`I THINK SHE SAID`COFFEE`I KNOW SHE SAID`COFFEE`I`M SURE SHE SAID`COFFEE`SHE MUST HAVE SAID`COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.`(spoken):HURRY UP! Aus Songtexte Mania