we had a date 12th street at eight if you re gonna be there don t be late instructed as such without a soft touch if it would ve mattered it didn t too much i waited for you a minute or two well just what kind of a girl do you think i am fumbing around a cigarette smoked it to the ash and then lit up again blowing smoke rings blind the air if you re comin baby you re just two in a rears i m too impatient and you re just too late my attention span is just not that great then this young kinda guy walked right on by me he couldn t have been more than sixteen there s just nothing i can do you gotta understand you see he had this walk i mean down pat and no he wasn t going my direction so i just kinda turned and i i had to i was a woman possessed i mean i wasn t myself i was so close i crept like a cat visions of seduction lurking under my hat he was so young such innocence if i had control i didn t feel any yet i couldn t be heard not a sound did i make if this is the real thing there s just no need to fake so now was the time the crucial 8th mile if i had to do it it would be with a smile a tap on his back a slip of my belt he turned around and i knew that the ground would melt i put on the ice the smile was gone hey baby you re under arrest 