Now That I've Taken My Life

Now that I've taken my life, hiding the dampenings Scouring the stubborn stains erasing them carefully. Breaking the dreams of a life and interring them pray fully My telephone never stops ringing Now that I've taken my life Now that I've taken my life, pleading reality Mumbling moralities, and loosing the child I was. Smiling my youth to the wall and recalling how wild I was I'm a very popular man Now that I've taken my life It was a foolish life I know ivory towered and quite out of touch It was a life that had to go I guess I won't miss it much. For the solid gold winners are standing in line And dangling a solid gold key They take me to dinner they pour me my wine They ask very little of me Now that I've taken my life, remembering the April air My hands in a cursory prayer my eyes and the crowd outside The music is merry the laughter is comfortably loud outside And the laughter I'm hearing is mine Now that I've taken my life It was a foolish life I know ivory towered and quite out of touch It was a life that had to go I guess I won't miss it much. For the solid gold women are standing in line And dangling a solid gold key The very best hostesses pour me my wine Extending their daughters to me Now that I've taken my life, hiding the dampenings Scouring the stubborn stains erasing them carefully. Breaking the dreams of a life and interring them pray fully Ah there's clearly no stopping me now Now that I've taken my life. --- Now That I've Taken My Life - Tom Paxton