Moment of Glory

Here is a story that is bound to amuse ya
About a fine young couple startin' out in life
A dedicated husband and a real fine worker
Who lived for his children and his beautiful wife
But one night in Dallas at a computer convention
He got so loaded, he could hardly stand, yeah, yeah
Woke up with a heavy head and a strange girl beside him
Returned home a worried guilty man

But inside his coat his wife found a note
It said, "Thanks for the good time, can I see you again?"
She asked him, "Why oh why?"
Tears rollin' down her eyes
Would you give it all up for a moment of glory, glory

Packed up all her bags and returned to her mother
Two small children clinging to her dress
Hurt and disillusioned but never downhearted
She picked up the pieces of her broken life
And meanwhile back in Boston the culprit lie thinkin'
Trying to find the answer in a bottle of wine
Fired from his job and missing his children
He didn't care one way if he lived or died

Oh, what a crying shame, nobody else to blame
For one night of pleasure he had given her pain
Oh, how it was so hard to climb so far to give it all up
For a moment of glory, glory

As the months rolled by and accusations fly
The bloodsuckin' lawyers know they're in for a kill
The cold war begins, she's takin' off her rings
Close friends take sides while the waters are still

Phone rang twice in his stone cold appartment
It was his little boy Johnny and his sister Beth
They said, "Daddy we miss you would you talk to Mommy?"
A line of communication he had sadly missed
She said, "Now don't get me wrong, this is where you belong"
I said, "Good-bye children, we can work it all out"
But don't you ever forget how this family has bled
'Cause you give it all up for a moment of glory, glory

Won't you give it all up
You give it all up
Won't you give it all up
You give it all up
Don't you give it all up
Give it all up
Won't you give it all up
You give it all up
Won't you give it all up