Now That I've Taken My Life (LP Version) - Tom Paxton

Now that I've taken my life

Hiding the damp remains

Scouring the stubborn stains erasing them carefully

Breaking the dreams of a life

And interring them prayerfully

My telephone never stops ringing

Now that I've taken my life

Now that I've taken my life

Pleading reality

Mumbling morality and losing 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 women are standing in line

And dangling a solid gold key

The very best hostesses pour me my wine

Introducing their daughters to me

Now that I've taken my life remembering the April air

My hands in a curs'ry prayer my eyes on 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

Introducing their daughters to me

Now that I've taken my life hiding the damp remains

Scouring the stubborn stains erasing them carefully

Breaking the dreams of a life and interring them prayerfully

My telephone never stops ringing

Now that I've taken my life