John Gorka – Up Until Then (Guitar)

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They dropped a dime on the girl in the parking lot

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Who was looking for a man of steel

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Who would fill up her nights with forget-me-nots

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And a dream no one else could reveal

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Her new man said to meet him at eight

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She came in dressed to the nines

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But by ten it was clear he was more than late

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And she just wouldn't take it this time

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The bartender said she had had enough

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That he'd call a cab to take her somewhere

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But she wasn't a stranger to loneliness

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She had grown up and spent her life there

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Up until then, up until then

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It happened over and over again

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Up until then, up until then, up until then

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Well practice had increased her tolerance

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And she had hardly eaten all day

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She was all hyped up on her new romance

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But she drank in the usual way

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She stepped out to breathe and to dry her eyes

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To check her machine just in case

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He had called to excuse or apologize

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When she saw his unpenitent face

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He approached with a girl she had seen before

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A bimbo up from Raspberry Street

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When he saw her he laughed and so did the whore

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They dropped a ten dollar bill at their feet

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She was small he was tall but she blocked his path

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She explained in unprintable words

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The reason she seized him so full of wrath

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That more than half of the neighborhood heard

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She sprayed him with mace from her pocketbook

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And then kicked in his personal zones

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Her high heels would ruin his perfect looks

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She left a couple of unbroken bones

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Well the bimbo she ran in to get the cops

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But the owner had called from the bar

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It took two cars with dogs just to make her stop

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I'm told that's how some women are

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They dropped a dime on the girl in the parking lot

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But she would suffer in no permanent way

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She spent thirty nights on a county cot

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And she's regarded with fear till this day

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Up until then, but never again

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It happened over and over again

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Up until then, up until then, up until then

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Now she's tending bar where the Pagans

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And he's living with that bimbo up on

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    Raspberry Street