Clodhopper – Cafe Joli

Rolling up broadway, 6am
Brothers all out still in their beds
Just walking down a street in oaktown
Going to work

Past the empty ball courts and mosswood park
And ov-er to mac-arthur boulevard
I’m just walking down a street in oaktown
Going to work

Smells like fog and eucalyptus trees
As i unlock the door, hey feel my breeze
I’m a man, damnit … i’m the man with the key

And i’m out with a broom gettin’ the sidewalk clean
When the bus blows by, throws it back at me
But i’m smiling … in the flowerboxes

Chorus

Cafe Jolie, pretty as you please
Cafe Jolie, it’s pretty to me
Cafe Jolie, great as you please
Cafe Jolie, it’s pretty to me

Hiss of a grill and the crash of a dish
There’s a girl from the art school, check out that bitch
J.j.’s got his hands.. down his pants

Cuz in the back he’s shoutin’ at me
“hey why you always shoutin’ at me?”
Cos it’s loud here … and i want you to hear me

I’m in love with the waitress, she’s rubbin’ her eye
Ignored and frowning, looks me in the eye
Said “i didn’t sleep much”, “well hey neither did i”

Chorus

Cafe Jolie, pretty as you please
Cafe Jolie, it’s pretty to me
Cafe Jolie, pretty as you please
Cafe Jolie, it’s pretty to me

breakdown

Oh my god it’s Huey P
Well i wish they’d never set him free
I’m afraid of his eyes .. no I don’t wanna go there

And my mom had a picses por figlio
And he slept on the couch like a fatto, che no
Jorge’s got the biggest smile you ever saw

And it’s down to the store for more Old Crow
Or vodka for their orange juice, i don’t know
While they clean up, we’re dancing
You drop the bomb on me

Chorus

Cafe Jolie, pretty as you please
Cafe Jolie, it’s pretty to me
Cafe Jolie, pretty as you please
Cafe Jolie, it’s pretty to me

Cafe Jolie, (and the sun’s up now)
Pretty as you please (and it’s 2 in the afternoon)
Cafe Jolie (and i’m out the front door)
It’s pretty to me (just cash my check)
Cafe Jolie (and i’m walking down broadway)
Pretty as you please (past oakland 10 now)
Cafe Jolie (and the brothers are driving by)
It’s pretty to me (with their mad dog stare)
Cafe Jolie (and i’m blasting to shore)
Pretty as you please (and i wish i was too sure)
Cafe Jolie (but i don’t wish i was too short)

fade out