Eberhard Schoener - San Francisco Waitress lyrics

San Francisco, July 27 A 40-year-old accountant has lost his bid To collect 38 dollars in damages from a co*ktail waitress Who broke a date with him Judge Richard Figoni ruled yesterday in small claims court against Tom Horsely Who sought the money from Alison Cheeslet, 31 Because she had backed out on a date to accompany him to the theater Mr. Horsely said he drove 25 miles from his home in Campbell to San Francisco To pick up Miss Cheeslet and was incensed that she had not called him Before he left home to tell him the date was off The judge, explaining his decision, said "The promise to engage in a social relationship for one evening In exchange for affection and/or one evening at the theater Is unenforceable under the law of context of torts. A tort is a civil wrong when involving a contract." Mr. Horsely had presented the cardboard broken heart at the theater And Judge Figoni took note of it in his opinion Quintilian in the first century A.D. Observed that faint hopes are often like the dreams that waltz away Plaintiff's exhibit A for identification: A cardboard object in the shape of a broken heart Is ordered returned to the plaintiff With the court mindful of Lord Byron's admonition Maid of Athens, 'ere we part Give me back my broken heart Oh, give me back my broken heart