A Perfect Date - Peter Hammill

A perfect date to hesitate

I hope it won’t be too long

You’re a sucker for the punch

And the telegraph bells are ringing;

Now it’s coming to the crunch

As you stumble on the Jaffa Gate

I think you know how it happens on the stage

When the heavenly choir are singing —

You’ve been taken by a perfect date

You made the Mount of Venus your Jerusalem

You’re marking time as symbol for debate;

You hope to find some moment close to infinite

You hope to find a perfect date

A perfect date to hesitate

The future beckons us on

There comes a time to hesitate —

I hope it won’t be too long

You’re a sucker for the punch

And the telegraph bells are ringing;

Now it’s coming to the crunch

As you stumble on the Jaffa Gate

I think you know how it happens on the stage

When the heavenly choir are singing —

Yeah, you’ve been taken by a perfect date

You’ve been playing on a hunch

And the strings of your heart are zinging

Yeah, you cut loose from the bunch

But that doesn’t mean you’ve sealed your fate

I think you know how it happens

Though it’s strange, when the choir start singing:

You’ve been taken by a perfect date