Before It Ever Was Sipped
(By Tim Jackson, Eric Erdman, Lindsey Thompson)

They talked right through last call 
Stayed until the bar turned on the lights
But there was no chance at all 
that they were done with the night

Strangers becoming less so 
back to her place for a nightcap espresso

Where the powder keg was lit 
what had been in balance tipped
And there was a cup of coffee on the counter that cooled before it ever was sipped 

Now that story is in a frame 
proudly hanging in the hall
The room next to theirs waits 
10 shades of pink on the wall

He'd went for pickles and anything Key lime 
when he got the call and turned on a dime 

The powder keg was lit 
what had been in balance tipped
And there was a cup of coffee on the counter that cooled before it ever was sipped 

While the baby grew two lovers grew apart 
until all the new were vicious ways to treat a heart 
Became a never ending war 
until that night she slammed the door 

the powder keg was lit 
what had been in balance tipped
And there was a ring
and a cup of coffee on the counter that cooled before it ever was sipped