Calliandra Shade (The Cappuccino Song) Rupi's Dance 2003
I sit in judgement on the market square I have my favourite table and I have my chair Natives are friendly and the sun flies high All kinds of crazy waiters, they go drifting by
Hours last forever in the Calliandra shade Conversation going nowhere and yet everywhere Kick off those sad shoes and let the bare toes tingle Slip off the shoulder strap, loosen the thick black hair
Come sit with me and take decaf designer coffee Come laugh and listen as the ragamuffin children play Lame dog and a black cat, now they shuffle in the shadows You got cappuccino lay upon a short skirt day
Electric afternoon and shrill cellphones are mating Lame dog is dreaming, dreaming of a better life Where bed is fluffy pillows, table scraps are filet mignon Flicked indiscretely by the lazy waiter’s knife