"Cup of Coffee" by: Alfa Garcia
LYRICS
VERSE 1:
Some say love is the answer
blue skies and sunsets
they're not for me
jaded the polish has faded
the heart isn't simple
so I built a wall.
PRE CHORUS:
the same refrain
I hear in my head
is telling me…
CHORUS:
How we began
with a cup of coffee then.
Oh what I would give
to get back to the palm of your hand
tell me to stay
remembering the days
when I was not afraid of falling endlessly …
over a cup coffee
VERSE 2:
Back then, we were so innocent
took every chance to give away our hears
whoa, baby, can we return to that?
Or is there no turning back from where we are?
PRE CHORUS:
But the same refrain
is stuck in my brain
telling me…
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
when the music starts
you're folding me into your arms
under cloudless skies
counting the shooting stars
we are falling in love likes are young... again
CHORUS x2
Armed with a voice and a keen sense of crafting a song,
Alfa Garcia is “an artist who has a spectrum of colors in her palette,
a songwriter with a knack for tickling a mainstream ear”. A fun, energetic
live show features Alfa’s singular vocal style and a revolving door of instruments –
from guitar, to piano, to ukulele, to kazoo.
In 2013, Alfa’s album “World Go Blue”
entered the CMJ Top 200 National Charts and
the College Radio Charts Top 100. WGB was recorded
in Nashville and Los Angeles, under the helm of producers
Marc Lacuesta (Point of Grace, Francesca Battistelli) and Paul Wight.
Alfa toured her native
Philippines, playing 7 shows in 6 days, including
headlining at SM Mall of Asia with Ukulele Philippines,
being featured with the Philippines Department of Tourism at
Manila’s SMX Convention Center, and giving an on-air performance
on Magic 89.9′s nationwide radio show, Boys Night Out.
In 2012, Music Connection
Magazine placed Alfa in their “Top 25 Music Critiques,”
comparing her style to songwriters Ingrid Michaelson and Sara Bareilles.
Born in the Philippines to a family of musicians,
Alfa got an early start in piano and violin, playing nationally
with the Children’s Orchestra Society of New York. Alfa’s music has
received honorable mention from the New York Songwriters Circle and won Grand
Prize at Kollaboration Acoustic 2009, a competition highlighting Asian-American talent.
After graduating from NYU and working
as a reporter, Alfa took up music fully, traveling
across the U.S. and beyond, steadily gaining fans along the way.
Apart from her singing career, Alfa is a
music instructor with specialty in early education
music. She teaches throughout the Los Angeles metro area.
About the track:
"Cup of Coffee" is from the album "World Go Blue", released 29 January 2013
Nick Adams (drums), Alfa Garcia (lead vocals, piano, guitar), Marc Lacuesta (BGV's), Paul Wight (electric guitar), Steve Wight (bass)
Written by Alfa Garcia. Published by Gas Can Music, Orange County, CA.
Recorded and mixed by Paul Wight. Monrovia, CA. Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music. New Windsor, NY.