I Know How It Is

Lyrics

[ROSABELLA, spoken] Cleo, I don't care if he fires me! I'm not going out with that slimy... [CLEO] I know how it is [ROSABELLA, spoken] Slob.  [CLEO] Don't tell me, I know how it is When you're number twenty-seven on the list Being kissed is not exactly being... [ROSABELLA, spoken] I guess I've helped a few fellows prove they were fellows, but they were guys I liked and they thought I was something special.  [CLEO] I know how it is [ROSABELLA, spoken] And they asked me nice.  [CLEO] Don't tell me, I know how it is But when you're just "twenty-seven" in his book Getting took out is much more like getting took [ROSABELLA, spoken] Cleo, what do you think a customer left me? [CLEO] I know how it is Don't tell me, I know how it is [ROSABELLA, spoken] What do you think he left? [CLEO] Seven million crumbs and a gravy spot Teaspoon stuck in the mustard pot Napkin on the floor, ashes in the cup And one Canadian dime! So you pick it up with the seven million crumbs and the— [ROSABELLA, spoken] It's jewelry! [CLEO, spoken] Huh? [ROSABELLA, spoken] He left me a piece of jewelry! It's a man's tie pin.  [CLEO, spoken] Looks like amethyst. Must be glass. What'd he look like? [ROSABELLA, spoken] I don't remember anybody.  [CLEO, spoken] Didn't you see him? Didn't he talk to you? [ROSABELLA, spoken] No. Tonight the place was so busy, and you know me. I never notice a face or listen to a voice, I just hand them the menu. Hey, there's some writing on it. It's a mash note! In kind of a funny broken English.  [CLEO, spoken] Honey, I think I'd better walk you home tonight.