the register stood open as the smoke cleared the room and one man was lying over blood and a broom the store door was swingin in a midnight breeze and another man ran through the dark and the trees lost in the moment of what he needs lost in the moment of what he needs he ran past the motel threw his gun in the trash looked down through the darkness and counted the cash the man at the store was trying to stand looked up through the white light and reached out his hand lost in the moment of what he needs lost in the moment of what he needs are you there can you hear me are you there the ambulance arrived but it was too late in the spin of the red lights they covered his face he had a wife who was waiting watching tv in bed wondering why he wasn t home yet their baby was sleeping until the telephone rang he woke and he cried out but nobody came lost in the moment of what he needs lost in the moment of what he needs are you there can you hear me are you there she doesn t know what they ll do now now that he s gone try to get over and try to get on alone in the backyard a cool afternoon the tree they planted has started to bloom she wanted him to see this she wanted him there she wanted to kiss him and brush back his hair lost in the moment of what she needs lost in the moment of what she needs