Cheap Date-Witness

[ti:Cheap Date] [ar:Witness] [al:The Everafter] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Cheap Date - Witness [00:09.81]She was on that dive bar dance floor shaking to that eighties mix [00:12.98]She's trying to stay afloat in a fleet of relationships [00:15.40]So when they play the smiths [00:16.98]She plays the mannequin or gets another drink [00:18.93]Until she's drunk enough to dance again [00:20.75]I'm standing in the corner while they're handling my order [00:23.00]When I caught her trying to frolic in my field of vision [00:25.59]She isn't my type but that's alright [00:27.75]I'd like to keep it all platonic while I got the premonition that [00:30.56]She's never kissed a boy without a drink on his breath [00:32.94]And she's never loved a man who didn't remind her of daddy [00:35.59]She'll dance with dollar bottles singing living on a prayer [00:37.79]If the bar can keep it's promise that an hour makes her happy [00:40.88]She doesn't wear the locket that she got when she was six [00:43.29]She wears the skirt a little lower on the weekdays [00:45.76]She likes men that don't exist the morning after [00:48.10]Cause a secret is a secret but a lover is a cheap date [00:50.63] [00:51.13]I'll take the time to get to know her some time you know [00:53.80]I'll take the time to get to know her some time I guess [00:56.26]I'll take the time to get to know her some time [00:58.53]I'll take the time to get to know me [01:00.46]He was in that dive bar drinking on a champagne budget [01:03.20]Cause he ain't nobody's husband when the buzz is in effect [01:05.90]He tips the bartender in single increments [01:08.26]She gives a little wink and then she shoves em in her dress [01:11.23]You know the type [01:12.20]Over forty from boston [01:13.31]Only kicking game at women young enough to be his offspring [01:16.28]She's trying to talk him into buying them a lager [01:18.57]And pretend he don't remind her of her father [01:20.44]But him [01:21.28]He graduated with honors and got a job he hates [01:23.71]Cause what the dreamers call a home he calls a trash heap [01:26.41]He'll have another half a dozen gin and tonics [01:28.67]If the bar can keep it's promise that an hour makes him happy [01:31.34]He's been with women that never noticed his wedding ring [01:33.93]He keeps a picture of his children in his briefcase [01:36.26]They keep his wrists from the kisses of a razor [01:38.64]And it's hard to find a savior in the city these days [01:41.22]I'll take the time to get to know him some time you know [01:44.16]I'll take the time to get to know him some time I guess [01:46.72]I'll take the time to get to know him some time you know [01:49.40]I'll take the time to get to know me [01:51.14]I was in the dive bar bathroom listening to last call [01:53.83]I'm looking at a broken mirror like a glass ball [01:56.65]The double vision was effecting the judgment [01:58.83]But I wouldn't recognize that reflection if it wasn't why [02:01.28] [02:01.81]Cause dude is bugging don't he know it's dangerous [02:04.04]Assuming he knows a human he ain't even acquainted with [02:06.63]And maybe it's all peace as long as it ain't him [02:09.06]Fed his own medicine what would he say then [02:11.53]I bet he never won a fist fight in his life [02:13.92]And he's only charismatic when he's speaking on a back beat [02:16.81]He'll catch a buzz and fall in love with a stranger [02:19.03]If the bar can keep its promise that an hour makes him happy [02:21.88]Stereo typically skinny disheveled white boy [02:24.45]Music elitist guaranteed to hate the deejay [02:26.88]He's trying to stress that he's so damn different [02:29.08]I bet he didn't even notice he's the cliches he hates [02:31.34] [02:31.99]I'll take the time to get to know him some time you know [02:34.66]I'll take the time to get to know him some time I guess [02:37.26]I'll take the time to get to know him some time [02:39.60]I'll take the time to get to know me