Closing Time Lyrics

Three cheers for nothing for there's nothing else here

Three in a car, more in a bar,

less in a prison but you can be sure

There'll be more

Drive by shooting transaction on a shady street

I was woken by the breaking of the glass

I was dreaming of happiness

I knew it wouldn't last

I want to live a life less ordinary

So I'll raise my sights

Yeah I know I'm picking a fight with destiny

And that it's closing time at the end of the century

But if I'm lucky they will laugh with me

And if I'm not they will cry

Oh if I'm lucky they will laugh with me

And if I'm not they will cry, they will cry

Stop by heaven's gate, but as usual I'm late

I'm lucky if they leave a key under the mat

And if not I'll sit where the others have sat

And read the note that says

Not today, wait for the dawn

Not today, just join the queue to be born

Oh if I'm lucky they will laugh with me…

When all is said and done barrier town holds back

Its sons and daughters

And life grows long it's not getting any shorter

Well hate is learnt easily, but very little else

And I'm struggling to teach hope to myself

That's why we need each other,

Or well we might as well not bother.

Oh if I'm lucky they will laugh with me…

Then a friend says goodbye and I look across the bar

And she says with a smile

"It's closing time, but stay awhile…."

Yeah it's closing time, but stay awhile

Hey maybe this is my lucky day, maybe

Oh if I'm lucky they will laugh with me…

It's closing time, move along

Let's go home now.