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Mike & The Mechanics - Another Cup Of Coffee

Mike & The Mechanics are an English rock/pop supergroup formed in 1985 as a side project of Mike Rutherford, one of the founding members of the band Genesis. The band is known for their hit singles "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)", "All I Need Is a Miracle", "Word of Mouth", "Over My Shoulder", and "The Living Years".

Initially, the band included Rutherford, vocalists Paul Carrack (Ace, Squeeze) and Paul Young (Sad Café), keyboardist Adrian Lee and drummer Peter Van Hooke. Carrack was generally assigned to ballads and more pop-oriented numbers, while Young handled the band's heavier work. Following Young's death in 2000 Carrack became the band's sole lead vocalist until 2004 when the band went on hiatus.

The band identity was revived in 2010 with a completely new set of musicians working with Rutherford, including new vocalists Andrew Roachford and Tim Howar.

In 1995, the band began to fall apart: Adrian Lee and Peter Van Hooke left, and Christopher Neil's long tenure as songwriter/producer for the group ended.

However, Rutherford opted to continue Mike & the Mechanics as a singer/songwriter trio. The group's fifth studio album was released in 1999, Mike & The Mechanics. It is generally known as M6, the "Hits" album being their fifth release. As the band no longer had a distribution deal with an American record label, M6 was available to the American market as an import only. Moreover, its only hit, "Now That You've Gone", barely cracked the UK Top 40.

Another blow struck the following year: On July 15, 2000, Paul Young died from a heart attack. The band regrouped in 2004 as "Mike & The Mechanics featuring Paul Carrack".

As implied by the new name, Carrack played a larger role than ever, performing all the band's lead vocals and keyboards and co-writing all the songs. They released the album Rewired, which became their first album to lack a hit. Peter Van Hooke briefly worked with the band again during this time, not as an official member but as a co-producer of Rewired. He also performed drums and percussion on the album and its tour.

Shortly after, Carrack became too involved with solo work to devote time to the group. In a 2007 interview Rutherford stated that Mike & The Mechanics had "run its course."

The lyrics:

And she pours herself another cup of coffee

As she contemplates the stain across the wall

And it's in between the cleaning and the washing

That's when looking back's

The hardest part of all

And she always did her best to try and please him

While he always did his best to make her cry

And she got down on her knees to stop him leaving

But he always knew one day he'd say goodbye

Where are your friends

Where are your children

Is this your house

Is this your home

Does nothing ever last forever

Does everybody sleep alone

And he tears the business tags from his old suitcase

As he packs away the pieces of his life

They all love him but they always try to change him

That's what happens when a girl becomes a wife

And she pours herself another cup of coffee

As the pictures leave a clean space on the wall

And it's in between the leaving and the loving

That's when looking back's

The hardest part of all

Where are your friends

Where are your children

Is this your house

Is this your home

Does nothing ever last forever

Does everybody sleep alone

Don't look back

Don't give up

Pour yourself another cup