Take Back The Instant

Take back the instant
 When you brushed him off your shirt
 You tried to drag him to the trash
 You tried to trade him in for cash
 Take back the instant
 When you blew him off your path
 With a kiss reading twenty below zero
 Tomorrow is a no-go, a no-go
 Cold, cold moment
 When the first doubt shot through your head
 A black ink drip running through your veins
 Start hello to drift, bringing you sleep pain
 Pregnant second
 Dripping through the hour-glass
 When the lure of men who would be kings
 Made you lose the man who was wearing your ring
 He didn't match your luscious thoughts tonight
 You couldn't look him in the eye
 Awkward is the embrace
 When it's not tight, not tight
 And so the jewel you once both had
 Is left crumpled like a collapsed lung
 When all you had to do
 Was hang out in the sun, hang out in the sun
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 Sir, you feel so dignified
 Your watch is very ornate
 But you were just born in the right place
 Just born into the right race
 You're climbing Mount Everest now
 Granting wishes from above
 Favors are yours to give
 Lies are yours to live
 Take back the instants
 That lead you to believe
 That the earth shakes 'cause you're not happy
 And the sun rises 'cause you're not sleepy
 You got the loudest parade in town
 Clowns, assassins and crooks
 You got ladies in see-through gowns
 Reading extracts from your books
 Beggars should trailing at the back
 They're waving from the cardboard float
 You're thinking that from up close
 Statistics can be such a drag
 Your cup is full now
 Blood is the color of this wine
 And it's dripping from the ceiling
 And it's making the chandeliers ring
 And the instant the ballroom overflows
 Your thrones turn into your gallows