[00:00:20] Ah we're drinking and we're dancing [00:00:22] And the band is really happening [00:00:25] And the Johnny Walker wisdom running high [00:00:30] And my very sweet companion [00:00:32] She's the Angel of Compassion [00:00:35] She's rubbing half the world against her thigh [00:00:39] And every drinker every dancer [00:00:42] Lifts a happy face to thank her [00:00:45] The fiddler fiddles something so sublime [00:00:50] All the women tear their blouses off [00:00:52] And the men they dance on the polka-dots [00:00:55] And it's partner found it's partner lost [00:00:57] And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops [00:01:00] It's Closing Time [00:01:05] Yeah the women tear their blouses off [00:01:07] And the men they dance on the polka-dots [00:01:10] And it's partner found it's partner lost [00:01:12] And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops [00:01:17] It's Closing Time [00:01:27] Ah we're lonely we're romantic [00:01:30] And the cider's laced with acid [00:01:32] And the Holy Spirit's crying Where's the beef [00:01:37] And the moon is swimming naked [00:01:40] And the summer night is fragrant [00:01:42] With a mighty expectation of relief [00:01:47] So we struggle and we stagger [00:01:50] Down the snakes and up the ladder [00:01:52] To the tower where the blessed hours chime [00:01:57] And I swear it happened just like this [00:02:00] A sigh a cry a hungry kiss [00:02:03] The Gates of Love they budged an inch [00:02:05] I can't say much has happened since [00:02:08] But Closing Time [00:02:13] I swear it happened just like this [00:02:15] A sigh a cry a hungry kiss [00:02:18] The Gates of Love they budged an inch [00:02:20] I can't say much has happened since [00:02:28] Closing Time [00:02:38] I loved you for your beauty [00:02:40] But that doesn't make a fool of me [00:02:43] You were in it for your beauty too [00:02:48] And I loved you for your body [00:02:50] There's a voice that sounds like God to me [00:02:53] Declaring declaring declaring that your body's really you [00:03:03] And I loved you when our love was blessed [00:03:05] And I love you now there's nothing left [00:03:08] But sorrow and a sense of overtime [00:03:12] And I missed you since the place got wrecked [00:03:15] And I just don't care what happens next [00:03:18] Looks like freedom but it feels like death [00:03:20] It's something in between I guess [00:03:23] It's Closing Time [00:03:27] Yeah I missed you since the place got wrecked [00:03:30] By the winds of change and the weeds of sex [00:03:33] Looks like freedom but it feels like death [00:03:35] It's something in between I guess [00:03:40] It's Closing Time [00:03:50] Yeah we're drinking and we're dancing [00:03:52] But there's nothing really happening [00:03:55] And the place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night [00:04:00] And my very close companion [00:04:02] Gets me fumbling gets me laughing [00:04:05] She's a hundred but she's wearing [00:04:07] Something tight [00:04:10] And I lift my glass to the Awful Truth [00:04:13] Which you can't reveal to the Ears of Youth [00:04:16] Except to say it isn't worth a dime [00:04:20] And the whole damn place goes crazy twice [00:04:23] And it's once for the devil and once for Christ [00:04:25] But the Boss don't like these dizzy heights [00:04:28] We're busted in the blinding lights [00:04:30] Of Closing Time [00:04:35] The whole damn place goes crazy twice [00:04:38] And it's once for the devil and once for Christ [00:04:40] But the Boss don't like these dizzy heights [00:04:43] We're busted in the blinding lights [00:04:48] Busted in the blinding lights [00:04:50] Of Closing Time [00:05:00] Oh the women tear their blouses off the men they dance on The polka-dots [00:05:05] It's Closing Time [00:05:10] And it's partner found it's partner lost [00:05:13] And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops [00:05:16] It's Closing Time [00:05:20] I swear it happened just like this [00:05:23] A sigh a cry a hungry kiss [00:05:25] It's Closing Time [00:05:30] The Gates of Love they budged an inch [00:05:33] I can't say much has happened since [00:05:35] But Closing Time