The “Date” Lyrics

Too good to be true I guess

I'm not too late, am I?

You came

Here I am

What changed your mind?

I decided that life's too short

Not to say "yes" every

Once in a while

I'm glad you did

I gotta say though, I'm a little

Embarrassed for overdressing

Ope, that reminds me

Ta da!

You are full of surprises

Is that a bad thing?

I guess we'll find out

So, why is it you wanted

To see me again, Mr. Jackson?

You know you don't have

To call me that, right?

I know, I just like the sound of it

It's got a nice ring to it

Now tell me, what'd

You want me for?

Well, since you asked,

Our adventure earlier was quite thrilling

I just wanted to get to know you better

Our adventure?

What, you telling me you sneak

People out the back door all the time?

And here I thought I was special

Oh, stop it

So, do you get to know

People better often?

No, no, no

I haven't made any friends

Since the third grade

You're kidding

No, like, seriously

I've been best friends with my

Friend Lewis since I was eight

And haven't looked back since

You mean, you

Weren't "Mr. Popular" in high school?

Are you kidding?

I was a total dork in high school

Nobody gave me a second glance

Hmm

What?

That's just kind of

Surprising to me

What, that I was a dork?

No...that's pretty apparent

I mean that people weren't

Trying to be friends with you

Purely because you're

Because I'm famous?

No...No, that didn't happen 'till

After high school

How exactly did you become famous?

If you don't mind me asking

See, my dad owns a record company

That he originally started here

When he and his top songwriter

Went their separate ways he was

Desperate to find a replacement

I had dabbled with songwriting a bit

Growing up, but I never intended on

Anyone hearing what I wrote

When my dad got wind of my

Songs he practically sold my soul

To the devil for me

He produced them and they

Became hits overnight

You must be a really good writer then

I guess

People want it, so I just keep doing it

Before long my dad trained

Me to do what he does

So...here I am

And that's why you're in New York?

To sign new talent?

Yep

Purely here to make old pops proud

I just need to find someone to

Sign and then it's a one-way

Ticket back to that Californian hellhole

It's funny you say that because I actually

And you know what the worst part is?

All of those people that show

Up to the auditions think they

Want it all; the money, the fame, the attention

But they have no idea what it's really like

I'm sure that it's got its perks

Yeah, right

I would give it all up in a heartbeat

You really mean that?

Of course

Sure, on the outside it

All looks incredible

Going to red carpets, people

Wanting your autograph, but they

Never tell you the bad stuff

That comes with it

So then what do you want? If the

Record label isn't your dream, then what is?

You want to know what my dream is?

To be treated like an ordinary guy

I just want people to stop trying

To use me to get what they want

If my mother knew how much I

Let people walk all over me she'd

Smack me upside the head and tell

Me to stop catering to everyone else

Maybe you should tell her how you feel

I do. I tell her every day

And?

She doesn't say a whole lot

Really? Why's that?

My mom passed away a few

Years ago before all of this

But even then she could tell

I was a people-pleaser

She knew I let everyone

Walk all over me

I'm so sorry

She would tell me, Jamie, life is

Too short not to do things for yourself

She's right

Yeah, she always was

I might not be your mom, but if you

Ever need to talk...I'd be happy to

I really appreciate it

Are you close with your dad at all?

No, not at all

He's a total workaholic

And he expects me to be one too

That's awful

You get used to it after a while

He might be my dad, but

He's not my friend

Maybe you should try explaining

How you feel to him

I'm not even sure where

I'd begin if I'm honest

The man knows nothing about me

It never hurts to try

Perhaps

Though I think I enjoy

Talking to you way more

Oh, stop it

You don't mean that

I'm just your average waitress

No, but you're not

You know why I enjoy

Talking to you so much?

Because you talk about things

Other than music

It's like people don't realize that I

Have a life outside of the studio

It's always "did you finish this Album"?

Or "please take me on as an artist"!

I enjoy other things too, you know

Like ice fishing, long car rides,

drinking hot cocoa on Christmas morning

Knitting

Knitting?

Look, the point is there's more

To me as a person than music

But to everyone else that's

All I have to offer

People become friends with me

And use me to get where they want to be

It's just nice to meet someone

That doesn't want to use me

Anyway, enough about me

What's your dream?

My dream?

Surely you've got some big dream

In that smart head of yours

I guess I'm not quite

Sure what I want

I'm usually more focused

On what other people want for me

And that right there is

The issue, Clarice

People like us need to do

What we want for ourselves

Not for other people

Maybe I'll get there one day

Until then, I'll keep

Working at the diner

Do you enjoy it?

I do. I enjoy the people, mostly

It's nice seeing the regular

Customers all the time

Every day they come in with

Something new to tell me

As you can tell, I don't get out

As much as I used to, so it's nice

That my entertainment comes to me

That's a fun way of looking at it

I'm glad it makes you happy

Thank you

It certainly beats my old job

Oh yeah?

What was that?

You're gonna make fun of me

No, I won't

C'mon, tell me

I used to work at the zoo

No way

Yes way

I wouldn't have guessed you were an animal person

Oh, I'm not

I didn't work there for the animals

I worked there because

Oh my gosh, this is so stupid

No, now you have to tell me

I worked there because during

The Christmas season they would

Set up Christmas lights all

Along the paths of the park

There would be hundreds of thousands

Of lights twinkling at night

I worked there just so that I could

See those lights every day for two

Months out of the year

They were breathtaking

That sounds amazing

It really was

It's getting late, I really should get back

I've got to be up early tomorrow morning

Thank you for this

I told you a night out

Would do you some good

Okay, okay, enough

With the I told you so

Perhaps I'll see you around

Perhaps you will

Goodnight, Mr. Jackson

Goodnight, Miss?

Foster

Clarice Foster

Foster, hmm

What a nice name

Careful, don't wear it out

Goodnight, Miss Foster