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Verse         When the first few moments hit me, I barely know my name

                   I’m triggered from my heart down to my soul

                   I swim in only feelings and irrational waves of pain

                   For the next three days, saying nothing’ll be my goal

Chorus      It takes three days to pull myself together

                   It takes three days to know what’s in my heart

                   It takes three days until I might feel better

                   It takes at least three days to own up to my part

Verse         Recriminations fly out, injustice fills my head

                   A sudden blindness to my faults descends

                   I gorge on bits of blaming, I need to go to bed

                   Be unconscious ‘til my mental state unbends

Chorus      It takes three days to pull myself together

                   It takes three days to know what’s in my heart

                   It takes three days until I might feel better

                   It takes at least three days to own up to my part

Bridge       In sleep my conscience greets me, invites me to arise

                   A creeping sense of sorrow pools around my eyes

                   My faults come into focus, sanctimony dies

                   A tender way of seeing comes with the sunrise

Verse         After three good nights of slumber, I can face the stubborn facts

                   My heart’s a bit more lined up with my head

                   My words are framed with forethought, my boundaries are intact

                  At least I’m far less prone to leave a mess

Chorus      It takes three days to pull myself together

                   It takes three days to know what’s in my heart

                   It takes three days until I might feel better

                   It takes at least three days to own up to my part

Words & Music © 2012 Martha Groves Perry