she was on that dive bar dance floor shakin to that eighties mix she s trying to stay afloat in a fleet of relationships so when they play the smiths she plays the mannequin or gets another drink until she s drunk enough to dance again i m standing in the corner while they re handling my order when i caught her trying to frolic in my field of vision she isn t my type but that s alright i d like to keep it all platonic while i got the premonition that she s never kissed a boy without a drink on his breath and she s never loved a man who didn t remind her of daddy she ll dance with dollar bottles singing living on a prayer if the bar can keep it s promise that an hour makes her happy she doesn t wear the locket that she got when she was six she wears the skirt a little lower on the weekdays she likes men that don t exist the morning after cause a secret is a secret but a lover is a cheap date i ll take the time to get to know her some time i ll take the time to get to know her some time i ll take the time to get to know her some time i ll take the time to get to know me he was in that dive bar drinking on a champagne budget cause he ain t nobody s husband when the buzz is in effect he tips the bartender in single increments she gives a little wink and then she shoves em in her dress you know the type over forty from boston only kicking game at women young enough to be his offspring she s trying to talk him into buying them a lager and pretend he don t remind her of her father but him he graduated with honors and got a job he hates cause what the dreamers call a home he calls a trash heap he ll have another half a dozen gin and tonics if the bar can keep it s promise that an hour makes him happy he s been with women that never noticed his wedding ring he keeps a picture of his children in his briefcase they keep his wrists from the kisses of a razor and it s hard to find a savior in the city these days  i ll take the time to get to know him some time x4 i ll take the time to get to know him some time i ll take the time to get to know him some time i ll take the time to get to know me i was in the dive bar bathroom listening to last call i m looking at a broken mirror like a glass ball the double vision was effecting the judgment but i wouldn t recognize that reflection if it wasn t cause dude is buggin don t he know it s dangerous assuming he knows a human he ain t even acquainted with and maybe it s all peace as long as it ain t him fed his own medicine what would he say then i bet he never won a fist fight in his life and he s only charismatic when he s speaking on a back beat he ll catch a buzz and fall in love with a stranger if the bar can keep its promise that an hour makes him happy stereotypically skinny disheveled white boy music elitist guaranteed to hate the deejay he s trying to stress that he s so damn different i bet he didn t even notice he s the cliches he hates i ll take the time to get to know him some time i ll take the time to get to know him some time i ll take the time to get to know him some time i ll take the time to get to know me3