Precious Time -- Pat Benatar

I don't want to argue about who is the victim Cause maybe
we both got burned I don't want to talk about who is the traitor
Cause both of our loyalties turned I don't want to fight about
who is the liar Cause there's too many ways to lie
I don't want to hear about who is the winner  Cause we both
know it's a tie 

(**)  Cut it out, drop it, count me out, baby stop it
Life is too short, so why waste precious time
Life is too short, so why waste precious time

You were on a liquid diet, you were sure you had to try it
And you lost all your pounds  the doctor's on vacation, so you
took the medication and wound up in lost and found
So we took a trip to Paris cause you swore that it would scare us out of our swift decline All that I remember 'bout those days in that September  Is the "merci" and the wine

(**)  

You talk on the telephone, long distance to new york or Rome
Some would say you got it made  Your home is like a fortress,
no one comes in but the florist  The gardener, and the maid
You call me on the telephone, you say you feel so alone
Too tired to get dressed and get out  First you're happy, then you're sad  Somehow you always hang up mad
Excuse me if I shout

(**)  

"'Precious Time' is one of the songs that I wrote by myself. And that song is about my mother. My mom and I were really close, and she really encouraged my songwriting, and the poetry I was writing, she encouraged it. But she was also kind of domineering, and so that song was sort of about her.    (songfacts)  


                  Mother of the Stars:
                                               Virgin Annunciate by Antonello da Messina