Original Broadway Cast of First Date
The Awkward Pause
MAN #1
It was all going okay
But now you don't know what to say
'Cause you thought that you were
Being clever
But you came off just as dumb as ever

WOMAN #1
You should just run for the door
You've played out this scene before
And you're stuck in a slew of hems and haws

BOTH
It's so awkward...
This awkward pause...

MEN, WOMEN & WAITER
Would gladly eat a plate of glass
If it would make this moment pass
Would rather skydive with no parachute

Man #1
Get caught solicitinga prostitute

WOMEN, MAN #2 & WAITER
Better to bump into an ex
MAN #1
Or crash your car into a tree

WOMEN, MAN #2 & WAITER
See your parents having sex

MAN #1
Or catch a mild STD

MEN, WOMEN & WAITER
Things that normally are paralyzing
Compared to this, they all
Seem appetizing
'Cause you're stuck in the agonizing claws

Of the awkward...
The awkward pause