Five seconds of pleasure. Five minutes of pain.
Please don’t be noisy in here, daddy’s practicing again.
I know it’s your home too.
And there I go
Apologizing again.

Five seconds of pleasure. Five minutes of pain.
Sometimes you love me sister, and sometimes you think all men are the same.
The post war baby boom is all grown up, but still some labels need to change,
So let us change.
Chorus:
Let’s Live for Now.
This moment is beautiful.
Let’s live for Now.
Seems essential.
Let’s live for now, as much as we can.
Let’s live for Now. Woman or man.

Five seconds of pleasure. Five minutes of pain.
I am I but with a dozen facades and twice as many games.
Gradually learning The Truth is My Truth. Not so paranoid and lame.
Chorus:
Let’s Live for Now . . . not just for The Man.
Let’s Live for Now. I can if I can.

Break
Five seconds of pleasure. Five minutes of pain.
Small moments of contact, and then it’s “Them” and “Us” again.
Ruled by fear and division. ‘Sno wonder we feel so much pain.
Chorus:
Let’s Live for Now. The past has gone by.
Let’s Live for Now. Not pie in the sky.
Let’s Live for Now. Not just for The Man.
Let’s Live for Now. I can if I can.
Let’s Live for Now. As much as we can.
Let’s Live for Now. Woman or Man.
Coda:
This moment is beautiful. X3
This moment is all we have.
This moment is beautiful.
This moment is all we have.
All we have.
Beautiful.

© December 1979