Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  



The Moment

Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1959 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1987.


My whole life passed before me the moment that I died,
The times that I was sober, the times that I was fried,
The times I hit my finger when hammering a nail,
The times I went to parties,
The times I went to jail.

My whole life passed before me the moment that I died,
The times that I fell out of bed on the weather side,
My whole long life of wonder, of happiness and pain,
And it was such an awful mess,
I'll never die again.


Malvina Reynolds songbook(s) in which the music to this song appears:
---- Little Boxes and Other Handmade Songs

Malvina Reynolds recording(s) on which this song is performed:
---- [none]

Recordings by other artists on which this song is performed:
---- Margret RoadKnight: Margret RoadKnight (Infinity L 36045, 1976)


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