Nancy Tries to Take the Night

There's a time and a place and the place, it is now
Take that smile off your face when you're dressed like a cow
And you're frolicking 'round, your legs are in the air
There's a smile on your face, but it's covered in hair
Do you want it?
Do you want it?
You run through the streets like the whore that you are
And you hope pretty soon you'll be struck by the car
But the light of the day tries to keep you afloat
While there's pain in your stomach and there's pain in your throat
Do you want it?
Do you want it?
Mother, would you take me?
Anon, anon
For I have nothing, no more baby
Nah, nah, she's gone, anon

I tried to take the word and what you said
I tried to take the word, but the word was dead
I did not want it
And in the light of day, it all seemed well
Oh, was it just a dream, she could not tell
But how she wanted
There's a time and a place and the place, it is now
Take that smile off your face while you're dressed like a cow
You're frolicking 'round, legs in the air
Smile on your face, but it's covered in hair
Do you want it? Oh, no
But do you want it now?
Ah, hah
Just imagine a life, there's a baby and wife
What the times would look like when compared to the knife
But the money's not there, so you sit in despair
Curse at the sky with the cry, "It's not fair"
Do you want it? Oh, no
Please tell me, do you want it, oh-oh
The rapture of the autumn eve lead to a fate no one believed
Taking to the table where she wrote, she held herself a vote
A vote between the good and bad, with all she'd seen and all she'd had
Nancy tried to take the night, but now she's gone, removed from sight now, yeah
Mother, would you take me?
Anon, anon
For I have nothing, no more baby
She's gone, anon
If I could take it back now
Would I take it back now?
If he could take it back now
Would he take it back now?
Nancy took the night and she's gone anon