The Perfect Date

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He was IT, she worked in accounting

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His cubicle was down the hall

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Sometimes they ran into each other

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At the water cooler or the elevator

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He knew she blogged on cinema verite

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She knew he had a rescue dog

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He knew she liked the time before sunrise

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and 8 weeks that's as far as they got

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Til he summoned the guts and worked up the courage

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And invited her out on a date

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And while she liked him a lot it was totally awkward

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But they made arrangements for saturday

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But his subway got stuck and she was about to leave the cafe

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It was a total disaster, it was a perfect date

(Verse 2)

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Well by this time his flowers were wilted

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And they bumped noses when they tried to hug

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He spilled his wine all over the waitress

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And a second time when he filled her cup

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After the meal they went to the movies

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The film had been widely discussed

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But there were a lot more sex scenes than one would have thought

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Thank god it was dark cause they both blushed

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And fiddled with their popcorn and waited for the credits to wane.

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It was a total disaster, it was a perfect date.
(Verse 3)

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After the film they walked down the river

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He got shy cause he liked her

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Went for a punch line and poorly delivered

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He knew the joke but he lost his nerve

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She kicked herself when she couldnt stop talking

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About the meaning of meaninglessness

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He nodded yes although she had lost him

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Stepped on her foot as he gave her a kiss

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And maybe they werent a vision of grace

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But there was something between them that showed

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And if you'd seen them that day, you would have picked up

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On the inception of love and you would have known

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That they couldnt mess it up cause it plainly was the work

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of fate

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It was a total disaster, it was a perfect date
(Bridge)

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And maybe her cardigan didnt get the memo that the eighties

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had been over for a while

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maybe he fell a little short of cassanova

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but he paid her compliments and made her smile

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like two pieces of a puzzle put together from above

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There's no earthly way to judge when it comes to the mystery

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of love

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no earthly way to judge when it comes to the mystery

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of love