Quality Time - John Pizzarelli

I’ll be late getting home from the office,

And so will you.

For we both have a million calls to return,

And a million things to do.

We’re not seeing enough of each other

‘Cause truth be told

We’re up to our ears

In our careers

And we’re putting our hearts on hold.

So darling, let me bring you up to speed

A little time together’s what we need.

Quality Time

We both deserve a little

Quality Time

We’ll find a small hotel remote and quiet.

In case they wanna sell, my firm could buy it,

And we’d develop it and gentrify it —

We’re talking Quality Time.

Quality Time

We owe ourselves a little

Quality Time

In the Bahamas we can let our stress go,

We’ll walk along the beach and dine al fresco,

I’ll take a power lunch with Robert Vesco —

We’re talking Quality Time

Come fly with me, unwind, kick back, relax.

I’ll bring my lap-top fax.

You’ll work on your new screenplay,

I’ll update my resumé.

Quality Time

A little frolic and

Frivolity time

We’ll take a seminar in self-hypnosis,

So we can learn to stop and smell the roses,

We’ll do a workshop on the grieving process,

Learning to cry is no crime.

We’re talking Quality Time.

Quality Time

We’d better shake up while we’re

Still in our prime.

We’ll hit the tennis courts in our Adidas,

Some influential sports are bound to meet us;

We’ll double fault, of course, and let them beat us —

We’re talking Quality Time.

Quality Time

We’re both entitled to some

Quality Time

We’ll find some up-scale types to share some space with,

A wealthy couple we could interface with,

A smart attorney we could start a case with —

We’re talking Quality Time

Come dine with me This time you choose the wine.

Romance is the bottom line,

Unless, when we’re alone,

Hang on, there’s my other phone…

We’ll have a ball

But now I’ve gotta deal with

This other call

We’ve both been chewing more than we can bite off,

We’ve got to take at least a day and night off,

I’ll speak to Fritz — he’ll make it all a write-off —

This may not cost us a dime!

I’ll fax you back, with a plan of attack

To let the Quality Time begin —

We’ll firm up the time-frame,

And you can pencil me in!