KIT HOLMES: Songs and Albums
Blind Date
Dating is a ritual, a thing as old as time
A time to learn about new love
True love we hope to find
Well-meaning friends may get involved in matters of the heart
With best intentions they might mention
Someone new with whom to start
"I think you should meet a friend of mine" is how it all begins
The starting gate swings open in a race where no one wins
Still, I gather all my courage and set my hopes up high
Romantic Armageddon has begun for you and I....
I hesitate to make blind dates but still I take the call
We're set for 8, now you're late
Will you show at all?
You arrive 8:45 no apology no call
Well, baby that takes some
Gall
I'd heard that you could turn some heads with
Lots of style and verve
Then you dial your cell phone before the drinks are served
This narcissistic sex appeal is more than I deserve
Well, baby you've got some nerve
You say the table's less than scenic and the menu's more than trite
The waitstaff is beneath you and the maitre'd you fight
I think I'll need another round to get me through the night
'cause not only do you bark
You bite
You ask if I would like to dance, you say that you're an ace
Suddenly your ex is here screaming in your face
What a strange coincidence to see her in this place
Oh, man that takes the cake
So you lie and say you're tired but meeting me was "fab"
But you're running to the lobby and jumping in a cab
I should have seen it coming that you'd stick me with the tab
What a load of .....doo doo
If opposites attract we should be stuck like blue
Born like peas together in a private pod for two
A match that' made in heaven, God help me if that's true
I'd strangle on the vanity that's such a part of you
I'm glad I didn't measure up before this got too deep
Your manners and your verbal skills could make a sailor weep
You're free to go and fleece some other unsuspecting sheep
No your chi-chi ain't so chic
I know I've learned a lesson so there's really no harm done
I've kept my sense of humor and my youthful sense of fun
I just wish someone had told me that
Attilla'd be my hon....ee, gad!
No more blind dates, baby I'm done!
c. 2011 Kit Holmes Music / No Place Like Holmes Publishing (ASCAP)