It’s not right but it’s now or never
<br />And if I wait could I ever forgive myself?
<br />
<br />On a night when the moon glows yellow in the riptide
<br />With the light from the TVs buzzing in the house
<br />
<br />Cuz I’m gonna cut it where I can
<br />And then I’m gonna duck out behind them
<br />If I ever had a chance it’s now then
<br />But I never had the feeling I could offer that to you
<br />
<br />To offer it to you would be cruel
<br />When all I want to do is use, use you
<br />
<br />He was a diplomat’s son
<br />It was ‘81
<br />
<br />Dressed in white with my car keys hidden in the kitchen
<br />I could sleep wherever I lay my head
<br />
<br />And the sight of your two shoes sitting in the bathtub
<br />Let me know that I shouldn’t give up just yet
<br />
<br />Cuz I’m gonna take it from Simon
<br />And then I’m gonna duck out behind them
<br />If I ever had a chance it’s now then
<br />But I never had the feeling I could offer that to you
<br />
<br />To offer it to you would be cruel
<br />When all I want to do is use, use you
<br />
<br />He was a diplomat’s son
<br />It was ‘81
<br />
<br />	I know, you’ll say
<br />	I’m not doing it right
<br />	But this is how I want it
<br />
<br />	I can’t go back
<br />	To how I felt before—
<br />
<br />That night I smoked a joint
<br />With my best friend
<br />We found ourselves in bed
<br />When I woke up he was gone
<br />
<br />He was the diplomat’s son
<br />It was ‘81
<br />
<br />Looking out at the ice-cold water all around me
<br />I can’t feel any traces of that other place
<br />
<br />In the dark when the wind comes racing off the river
<br />There’s a car all black with diplomatic plates<br /><br />