Uptown Uptempo Woman

Uptown Uptempo Woman - Randy Edelman

It started out in innocence

The way that most things do

A thousand people crammed in one place

But only face was you

I grabbed your hand and we raced out

Hardly said a word

I'd only seen you for a minute

But I was round in third

And we traded on our backgrounds

You mentioned I seemed shy

Then you laughed

And said I'm an uptown uptempo woman

You're a downtown downbeat guy

Within a week I'd moved in

At your uptown east side place

We'd make love for hours on a bed of silk and lace

She would get up early

Come home late at night

She'd have important busainess

But my prospects all seemed slight

Tired on some evenings

She'd get mad and cry

I'm an uptown uptempo woman

You're a downtown downbeat guy

The romance soon was over

And the lust was getting thin

I soon began to relalise

The mess I'd gotten in

As always happens

You're caught in such a trap

You get so used to what's around

You can't find your way back

So I lived with this arrangement

Soon learned to despise

The uptown uptempo woman

And the downtown downbeat guy

And then one Saturday in March

I decided I would go

As I was going nowhere

My mind was getting slow

I opened all the closets

There wasnt much to pack

I felt bad not telling her

That I wasnt coming back

This day she was early

She looked at me and asked why

I said why

You're an uptown uptempo woman

I'm a downtown downbeat guy

You're an uptown uptempo woman

I'm a downtown downbeat guy

Downtown downbeat guy