[00:20.570] Ah we're drinking and we're dancing [00:22.630] And the band is really happening [00:25.450] And the Johnny Walker wisdom running high [00:30.569] And my very sweet companion [00:31.228] She's the Angel of Compassion [00:33.538] She's rubbing half the world against her thigh [00:38.698] And every drinker every dancer [00:43.880] Lifts a happy face to thank her [00:45.418] The fiddler fiddles something so sublime [00:48.228] All the women tear their blouses off [00:53.798] And the men they dance on the polka-dots [00:55.598] And it's partner found it's partner lost [00:58.700] And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops [01:01.108] It's Closing Time [01:02.798] Yeah the women tear their blouses off [01:08.080] And the men they dance on the polka-dots [01:10.539] And it's partner found it's partner lost [01:13.690] And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops [01:16.800] It's Closing Time [01:20.179] Ah we're lonely we're romantic [01:29.638] And the cider's laced with acid [01:32.087] And the Holy Spirit's crying Where's the beef [01:36.048] And the moon is swimming naked [01:40.179] And the summer night is fragrant [01:42.398] With a mighty expectation of relief [01:45.208] So we struggle and we stagger [01:50.689] Down the snakes and up the ladder [01:52.638] To the tower where the blessed hours chime [01:55.509] And I swear it happened just like this [02:00.558] A sigh a cry a hungry kiss [02:03.049] The Gates of Love they budged an inch [02:06.240] I can't say much has happened since [02:08.110] But Closing Time [02:09.900] I swear it happened just like this [02:15.560] A sigh a cry a hungry kiss [02:18.060] The Gates of Love they budged an inch [02:21.500] I can't say much has happened since [02:23.800] Closing Time [02:29.120] I loved you for your beauty [02:40.500] But that doesn't make a fool of me [02:43.400] You were in it for your beauty too [02:46.250] And I loved you for your body [02:50.800] There's a voice that sounds like God to me [02:52.800] Declaring declaring declaring that your body's really you [03:01.160] And I loved you when our love was blessed [03:05.900] And I love you now there's nothing left [03:08.200] But sorrow and a sense of overtime [03:11.150] And I missed you since the place got wrecked [03:15.700] And I just don't care what happens next [03:18.070] Looks like freedom but it feels like death [03:20.629] It's something in between I guess [03:23.129] It's Closing Time [03:25.090] Yeah I missed you since the place got wrecked [03:31.000] By the winds of change and the ****s of *** [03:33.300] Looks like freedom but it feels like death [03:35.610] It's something in between I guess [03:37.290] It's Closing Time [03:42.470] Yeah we're drinking and we're dancing [03:52.460] But there's nothing really happening [03:55.200] And the place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night [03:59.000] And my very close companion [04:02.570] Gets me fumbling gets me laughing [04:05.060] She's a hundred but she's wearing [04:07.560] Something tight [04:08.900] And I lift my glass to the Awful Truth [04:13.300] Which you can't reveal to the Ears of Youth [04:15.560] Except to say it isn't worth a dime [04:19.500] And the whole damn place goes crazy twice [04:23.180] And it's once for the devil and once for Christ [04:26.040] But the Boss don't like these dizzy heights [04:28.230] We're busted in the blinding lights [04:30.720] Of Closing Time [04:32.040] The whole damn place goes crazy twice [04:38.200] And it's once for the devil and once for Christ [04:41.100] But the Boss don't like these dizzy heights [04:43.020] We're busted in the blinding lights [04:45.080] Busted in the blinding lights [04:52.630] Of Closing Time [04:54.250] Oh the women tear their blouses off the men they dance on The polka-dots [05:05.900] It's Closing Time [05:07.800] And it's partner found it's partner lost [05:13.220] And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops [05:15.720] It's Closing Time [05:18.900] I swear it happened just like this [05:23.500] A sigh a cry a hungry kiss [05:26.100] It's Closing Time [05:29.600] The Gates of Love they budged an inch [05:33.500] I can't say much has happened since [05:35.440] But Closing Time [05:39.500] I loved you when our love was blessed [05:42.750] I love you now there's nothing left [05:45.750] But Closing Time [05:48.900] I miss you since the place got wrecked