Closing Time

And it's once for the Devil and it's once for Christ
But the boss don't like these dizzy heights
I loved you when our love was blessed
Except to say it isn't worth a dime

To the tower where the blessed hours chime
It's closing time
Which you can't reveal to the ears of youth
And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
And it's partner found and partner lost
The men they dance on the polka-dots
It's something in between, I guess
Of closing time, closing time

A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
So we struggle and we stagger
We're busted in the blinding lights
It's something in between, I guess
And I swear it happened just like this
And it's partner found and partner lost
All the women tear their blouses off
She's the angel of compassion
But closing time, closing time
I swear it happened just like this
And the whole dam place goes crazy twice
And I just don't care what happens next
And the summer night is fragrant
And the fiddler fiddles something so sublime
But the boss don't like these dizzy heights
By the winds of change and the weeds of sex
The gates of love they budged an inch
But closing time
And I love you now there's nothing left
But sorrow and a sense of overtime
All the women tear their blouses off
It's closing time
It's closing time
Gets me fumbling, gets me laughing
Looks like freedom but it feels like death
There's a voice that sounds like god to me
The men they dance on the polka-dots
And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops

And the whole dam place goes crazy twice
And my very sweet companion
Of closing time

And it's once for the Devil and it's once for Christ
And the cider's laced with acid
A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss

I swear it happened just like this
And the moon is swimming naked
The men they dance on the polka-dots
And I miss you since the place got wrecked

You were in it for your beauty too
It's closing time
With a mighty expectation of relief
And I miss you since the place got wrecked
A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
Lifts a happy face to thank her
And every drinker, every dancer
I loved you for your beauty
All the women tear their blouses off
I loved you when our love was blessed
And the holy spirit's crying, 'where's the beef?
We're lonely, we're romantic
She's a hundred but she's wearing something tight
Yea, we're drinking and we're dancing
And it's partner found and partner lost
But closing time
Down the snakes and up the ladder
And I love you now there's nothing left
But there's nothing really happening
The gates of love they budged an inch
It's closing time
The place is dead as heaven on a Saturday night
I can't say much has happened since
And the Johnny Walker wisdom running high
And I lift my glass to the awful truth
We're busted in the blinding lights

It's closing time
She's rubbing half the world against her thigh
I can't say much has happened since
But closing time
And I loved you for your body
But that doesn't make a fool of me
Busted in the blinding lights
I can't say much has happened since

And my very close companion
Looks like freedom but it feels like death
Declaring, declaring, declaring that your body's really you
The gates of love they budged an inch
It’s closing time