Lyrics to
Blind Date

This version of Blind Date was released by Barbra Streisand in 1975.

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Smooth the sofa, plump the pillows
Dump the ashtrays, oh this dress
Look at me I am shaking all over,
Shaking all over
I’m a mess
Waiting wondering what I’ll be thinking
When he comes walking through that door

What’ll come walking through that door
A man I never saw in my life before
Oh,
I am so nervous
I got a blind date waiting to call on me (any minute now)
I got a blind date what am I gonna see (any minute now)
Right over there’s the doorway, he will be walking through
Will he be six foot eight or maybe four foot two (it could happen)

I got a blind date waiting to come around (any minute now)
Oy but I’m nervous listen to my heart pound
Why do I need this headache, single is not a crime
I got a blind date
An with my luck he’ll be on time

I got a girlfriend Shirley, who says why not (she’s an idiot)
This guy is a friend from a friend of a friend she got (hello, how do you do
what an idiot)
One thing I know is Shirley ain’t sitting on no shelf
If he was such a vow she’d keep him for herself (it’s only natural)
She says she is he’s nice and he deals in stocks (sounds good, but she’s an
idiot)
I’ll bet a buck he looks like month-old lox (also and idiot)
What do I need from Shirley her and her fifty cup
I got a blind date and I’m praying he stands me up

Wait wait, what am I praying he stands me up, I’ll stand him up. I smell a rat
anyway. Umm. I’m gonna hide under the bed, he’ll never see me, he’ll walk in and look
around, I wouldn’t be there, he’ll go away and that’s the end of that.
Perrfect!
Now you keep quiet, not a word you hear
You didn’t see a thing
Oeps there he is!
Now quiet everybody sssh quiet!

Rosalie?!
Oi, oi, oi
Rosalie?! that’s odd she doesn’t seem to be here
Smart, smart!
I’ve been stood up, it’s news
Well it’s better than put down
This has never happened before
What and ego!
Rosalie?!
Sh, sh, sh!

It worked, it worked!
He never saw me. Boy am I lucky I didn’t see him neither,
but I can just imagine what a lox that one was.

I got it right her Shirley was playing tricks
No, no, that’s wrong, you got it wrong
Wait, wait, what that’s not right?
No, he was gorgeous he looked like Rudolph
Rudolph who?
Rudolph Valentino
Get away
Yeah, the sheik from Arabia
Not the phantom from the opera?
Uh, Uh
The sheik from where?
The sheik from Arabia
Get away
That’s right
Wait a minute is this person kidding me around here?
No, no absolutely
Get away
Well that’s what happened I let him get away

What will I do now maybe become a nun (That’s impossible)
I’m calling Shirley maybe she’ll bring a gun
Please Shirley, even if he’s Lon Chaney fat, bald or short or tall
Having a blind date is better than having
No date, at no time with no one at all.
Wait a minute maybe I spoke too soon
Shirley get me out of here!
Oh this one is cute.

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About Lyrics and Blind Date by Barbra Streisand

The lyrics to Blind Date are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Barbra Streisand used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to Blind Date have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Barbra Streisand and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Blind Date by Barbra Streisand. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Blind Date" means the words set to the music of Blind Date, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barbra Streisand. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Blind Date and the lyrics to Blind Date are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barbra Streisand who came here looking just for the lyrics to Blind Date, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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