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 mercy and the wine
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, Precious Time, Precious Time
Oh, Precious Time
Life is too short, so why waste Precious Time
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 gardner, 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
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
Life is too short, so why waste Precious Time
Precious Time, Precious Time, Oh Precious Time
Life is too short, so why waste Precious Time
- Myron: The atmosphere on that song was really great. The vocal and guitar performance were strong. We recorded it for Crimes Of Passion but it was too similar to other stuff on that album. Neil: Like I’m Gonna Follow You and Hell Is For Children.
Myron: So we would keep it, and on the bus we would listen to it. We kept going ‘Wow, this is great’. When we went back we played it again.
Pat: The guitar has a real watery sound. Neil: I use to start solos at home just to have an idea, just to play around with it instead of spending hours in the studio trying to get something. I wanted to make sure to come on very strong, because if Patti stops singing at that point, if it ain’t strong there’s no sense doing it. So I always had to try to start it off strong and just go with it from there. The front of the solo, with the long echo on it–today you can buy a piece of gear and get echoes that long, but back then we had to take two tape machines and spread them out real wide just to delay the whang. Now you can get a 29 cent thing and plug into it. It was really funny. We had to struggle across the studio then, and if it wasn’t long enough we’d have to push the little scooter machine farther.
From the album(s): Choice Cuts - The Complete Video Collection, Pat Benatar Synchronistic Wanderings Recorded Anthology 1979 to 1999, and Precious Time
Author(s): Billy Steinberg
Time: 6:02
Copyright: @Copyright 1980 Billy Steinberg Music
Song lyrics checked for accuracy against album sleeve.