Up Until Then

They dropped a dime on the girl in the parking lot
 who was looking for a man of steel
 who would fill up her nights with forget-me-nots
 and a dream no one else could reveal
 her new man said to meet him at eight
 she came in dressed to the nines
 but by ten it was clear he was more than late
 and she just wouldn't take it this time
 The bartender said she had had enough
 that he'd call a cab to take her somewhere
 but she wasn't a stranger to loneliness
 she had grown up and spent her life there
 Chorus:
 up until then, up until then
 it happened over and over again
 up until then, up until then, up until then
 Well practice had increased her tolerance
 she had hardly eaten all day
 she was all hyped up on her new romance
 but she drank in the usual way
 She stepped out to breathe and to dry her eyes
 to check her machine just in case
 he had called to excuse or apologize
 when she saw his unpenitent face
 He approached with a girl she had seen before
 a bimbo up from raspberry street
 whe he saw her he laughed and so did the whore
 they dropped a ten dollar bill at her feet
 Chorus
 She was small he was tall but she blocked his path
 she explained in unprintable words
 the reason she seized him so full of wrath
 that more than half of the neighborhood heard
 She sprayed him with mace from her pocketbook
 and then kicked in his personal zones
 her high heels would ruin his perfect looks
 she left a couple of unbroken bones
 well the bimbo she ran in to get the cops
 but the owner had called from the bar
 it took two cars with dogs just to make her stop
 i'm told that's how some women are
 Chorus
 They dropped a dime on the girl in the parking lot
 but she would suffer in no permanent way
 she spent 30 nights on a county cot
 and she's regarded with fear 'till this day
 Up until then, but never again
 it happened over and over again
 up until then, up until then, up until then
 Now she's tending bar where the pagans used to meet
 and he's living with that bimbo up on raspberry street