When Molly and I first started recording music together fifteen years ago, she lamented that the subject matter of nearly all my lyrics was heartbreak and dysfunctional relationships. She said I should try writing “something happy”.

As we were bingeing the TV series Friends at the time, the idea of writing a song in the classic Singer/Songwriter style that told a story set in a cafe had already been—ahem—percolating through my brain for a while. Once I had the nudge from Molly and the setting, the story—and the song—practically wrote itself. It’s become a favorite among friends and family over the years.

The version that appears as the opening track on Love & Latte has been remastered, but is otherwise the original recording we made in a tiny bedroom with only a digital piano, a microphone, and an ancient PC.