Lyrics Ain't Got Nobody to Grind My Coffee - Fats Waller, Caroline Johnson

Ain't Got Nobody to Grind My Coffee

Once I had a loving daddy
Just as good as he could be
But I haven’t got a daddy
He’s done gone away from me
And since he left me behind
Here’s what’s on my mind, I find:
Ain’t got nobody to grind my coffee in the morning
Ain’t got nobody to serve my breakfast in bed
My daddy went away
A week ago today
How’m I gonna find a-
Nother coffee grinder
Who could do my grinding like my sweet man could?
Ain’t got nobody to light my brand-new percolator
Ain’t got nobody to heat my oven for me
When my daddy was around me, he was oh, so good
He would haul my ashes, even chop my kindling wood
Ain’t got nobody who would love me like my daddy could
And grind the coffee for me, I say
Grind the coffee for me!
Oh, my daddy used to love me pretty, I’ll confess
And believe me, he was really different from the rest
Ain’t got no other who could really put me to a test
And grind the coffee for me, I say
Grind the coffee for me!