Date With Baby

Baby hurries out of her building
Past Fabian, her ever-smiling doorman

Baby says hi, tells me I look good
I add that I'm also on time
Baby says "that's great"
And besides, it's a bad idea for us to meet anymore

Baby's pouting that pout that pout that always precedes her tears
She promised her group, her analyst, she would stop seeing me
And I'm feeling like shit, but I pretend to be pissed
'Cause I came all the way from the Bronx for a Sunday brunch
That was her idea

Baby's crying, passersby pretend not to look
Baby hugs me, gets me high on salty kisses

I got a date with my baby
He don't love me like I love him what more can I say
It's the last date with my baby

I hold her taxi door open
Baby hesitates
Tell her to quit the bullshit
Allows me a victory
Mohammad is heading north on University Place

Baby says there'll never be another man
With whom she can play backgammon while he is sitting on the can
Baby says she's not punishing me but I need professional help
Baby says she can't forgive last week
She waited three times in restaurants and I didn't show
I remind her I had an accident one of those times
Car was totalled (yeah right)
Baby says I get into accidents deliberately so I can be late
That my shit is deep seated

Baby says the endless waiting lowers her self-esteem
I try again for a seal in kiss
And baby shifts her mouth

I got a date with my baby
He don't love me like I love him what more can I say
It's the last date with my baby (with my baby)

Baby wants to start a family but can't live with the uncertainty
Baby says it has to be zero contact forever
Damn, that's long

Baby says I should use the time
To get in touch with my feelings
(You better check yourself boy)

I got a date with my baby
He don't love me like I love him what more can I say
It's the last date with my baby

I got a date with my baby
It's the last date with my baby
Ain't gonna cry no more
Ain't gonna wait no more
Ain't gonna cry no more
I'm goin' out the door, now
He don't love me like I love him what more can I say
It's the last date with my baby