Up Until Then-John Gorka

[ti:Up Until Then] [ar:John Gorka] [al:Out Of The Valley] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Up Until Then - John Gorka [00:14.78]They dropped a dime on the girl in the parking lot [00:17.60] [00:18.25]Who was looking for a man of steel [00:20.82] [00:21.83]Who would fill up her nights with forget me nots [00:25.44]And a dream no one else could reveal [00:28.62] [00:29.61]Her new man said to meet him at eight [00:32.44] [00:32.96]She came in dressed to the nines [00:36.37]But by ten it was clear he was more than late [00:39.98]And she just wouldn't take it this time [00:42.84] [00:43.84]The bartender said she had had enough [00:46.72] [00:47.25]That he'd call a cab to take her somewhere [00:50.20] [00:51.21]But she wasn't a stranger to loneliness [00:54.27] [00:54.84]She had grown up and spent her life there [00:57.86]Up until then [00:59.65]Up until then [01:01.22] [01:01.89]It happened over and over again [01:04.63] [01:05.15]Up until then [01:06.98]Up until then [01:08.81]Up until then [01:10.69] [01:13.14]Well practice had increased her tolerance [01:16.41]She had hardly eaten all day [01:19.23] [01:20.11]She was all hyped up on her new romance [01:23.79]But she drank in the usual way [01:26.66] [01:27.73]She stepped out to breathe and to dry her eyes [01:30.85] [01:31.49]To check her machine just in case [01:34.13] [01:35.07]He had called to excuse or apologize [01:38.39]When she saw his unpenitent face [01:41.44] [01:42.26]He approached with a girl she had seen before [01:46.15]A bimbo up from raspberry street [01:49.00] [01:49.54]Whe he saw her he laughed and so did the whore [01:53.23]They dropped a ten dollar bill at her feet [01:56.42]Up until then [01:58.13]Up until then [01:59.68] [02:00.46]It happened over and over again [02:03.71]Up until then [02:05.54]Up until then [02:07.48]Up until then [02:09.58] [02:18.96]She was small he was tall but she blocked his path [02:22.51]She explained in unprintable words [02:25.18] [02:26.24]The reason she seized him so full of wrath [02:29.70]That more than half of the neighborhood heard [02:32.67] [02:33.63]She sprayed him with mace from her pocketbook [02:36.83]And then kicked in his personal zones [02:39.97] [02:40.85]Her high heels would ruin his perfect looks [02:44.15]She left a couple of unbroken bones [02:47.09] [02:48.20]Well the bimbo she ran in to get the cops [02:51.53]But the owner had called from the bar [02:55.17]It took two cars with dogs just to make her stop [02:59.03]I'm told that's how some women are [03:02.18]Up until then [03:03.98]Up until then [03:05.51] [03:06.24]It happened over and over again [03:08.93] [03:09.43]Up until then [03:11.25]Up until then [03:13.16]Up until then [03:15.01] [03:17.22]They dropped a dime on the girl in the parking lot [03:20.24] [03:20.76]But she would suffer in no permanent way [03:23.66] [03:24.75]She spent 30 nights on a County cot [03:28.08]And she's regarded with fear 'till this day [03:31.34]Up until then but never again [03:34.29] [03:35.34]It happened over and over again [03:38.09] [03:38.64]Up until then [03:40.51]Up until then [03:42.34]Up until then [03:44.23] [03:46.87]Now she's tending bar where the pagans used to meet [03:50.31]And he's living with that bimbo up on raspberry street