The Perfect Date

He was IT, she worked in accounting
 His cubicle was down the hall
 Sometimes they ran into each other
 At the water cooler or the elevator
 He knew she blogged on cinema verite
 She knew he had a rescue dog
 He knew she liked the time before sunrise
 For 8 weeks that's as far as they got
 Til he summoned the guts and worked up the courage
 And invited her out on a date
 And while she liked him a lot it was totally awkward
 But they made arrangements for saturday
 But his subway got stuck and she was about to leave the cafe
 It was a total disaster, it was a perfect date
 Well by this time his flowers were wilted
 And they bumped noses when they tried to hug
 He spilled his wine all over the waitress
 And a second time when he filled her cup
 After the meal they went to the movies
 The film had been widely discussed
 But there were a lot more sex scenes than one would have thought
 Thank god it was dark cause they both blushed
 And fiddled with their popcorn and waited for the credits to wane
 It was a total disaster, it was a perfect date
 After the film they walked down the river
 He got shy cause he liked her
 Went for a punch line and poorly delivered
 He knew the joke but he lost his nerve
 She kicked herself when she couldnt stop talking
 About the meaning of meaninglessness
 He nodded yes although she had lost him
 Stepped on her foot as he gave her a kiss
 And maybe they werent a vision of grace
 But there was something between them that showed
 And if you'd seen them that day, you would have picked up
 On the inception of love and you would have known
 That they couldnt mess it up cause it plainly was the work of fate
 It was a total disaster, it was a perfect date
 And maybe her cardigan didnt get the memo that the eighties had been over for a while maybe he fell a little short of cassanova but he paid her compliments and made her smile like two pieces of a puzzle put together from above
 There's no earthly way to judge when it comes to the mystery of love