Caffeine addiction: not very Rock'n'Roll but harmless enough (relatively speaking, of course)
lyrics
Herbal tea, NO USE! Chamomile tea, NO USE! Peppermint tea, NO USE!
Just load me up with caffeine and turn me loose.
I’m frisky as a billy when the nanny’s around, snortin’ and cavortin’ and pawin’ the ground
My heart’s all a-flutter like a leaf on a tree, I’m itchin’ and scratchin’ like a cat with a flea
Slippin’ and slidin’ like an eel in the mud, barkin’ like a stag hound bayin’ for blood
Quiverin’ and a-shiverin’ like a frog in a fridge, rootin’ and tootin’ like a hog in a ditch
Whinin’ and pinin’ like a pup for its mother, squealin’ like a stuck pig runnin’ for cover
I’m in a cold sweat holdin’ onto my head, achin’ and shakin’ and I wish I was dead..but then
Another cuppa tea’s got me jumpin’ around, a cuppa coffee keeps me jumpin’ around
Even Coca Cola’s got me jumpin’ around, jumpin around, jumpin around, jumpin around
I tried to give it up and live like a monk, doctor said “you better stop usin’ this junk-
But don’t try to give it up all at once: it’s gonna take you a coupla months”
Now two days in and I started to shake: nausea, depression and a filthy headache –
Maybe this was all just a big mistake; my willpower’s started to break and I’m
Whinin’ and pinin’ like a pup for its mother, squealin’ like a stuck pig runnin’ for cover
I’m in a cold sweat holdin’ onto my head, achin’ and shakin’ and I wish I was dead... but then
Another cuppa tea’s got me jumpin’ around……..etc
I’m makin’ my debut in a Punkabilly band in a purple T-shirt I bought second-hand
Ain’t misbehavin’: I’m actin’ my age, leapin’ like a loony all over the stage and now I’m
Jumpin’ out the taxi just in time for the train, sprintin’ for the bus, hoppin’ onto a plane
I wouldn’t wanna disappoint those screamin’ girls, struttin’ my stuff all over the world
But when I got to the gig there was nobody there -I’m apoplectic - tearin’ my hair
Did I get it wrong? Was this some kinda trick? Oh my goodness – I’m gonna be sick!.. but then
Another cuppa tea's got me jumpin’ around……etc
Ty-Phoo’s got me jumpin’ around, PG Tips keeps me jumpin’ around
Even Coca Cola’s got me jumpin’ around, jumpin around, jumpin around
Dave Carroll is a composer and singer-songwriter with wide experience in Classical, Rock and Folk music. Well known in
Birmingham’s vibrant rock scene of the 1970s he was for many years a resident guitarist with The Royal Shakespeare Company, later co-founded the alternative folk trio 'Soundboard' and now composes, collaborates and occasionally performs in a little mountain town in Canada....more
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