The Party's Over

[Verse 1]

Old dirty floors and old smoky barrooms

There's someone on stage, can you please let me in?

I used to sit there when I was a young man

It'll be real good just to see you again

Horses and forces beyond my horizon

They push the world right on by

[Chorus]

Yeah, the party's over

And I can't believe it

It's time to say goodbye

[Verse 2]

I mounted a pony, the curtains were swinging

I once was a writer of disparate means

The landlord is smoking a butt in the hallway

My instincts get duller the more that I drink

Hi-ye hi-yo, the hands are all singing

The ominous weight of it all

[Chorus]

Yeah, the party's over

And I must be dreaming

I went right over the wall

[Verse 3]

I'll get us a taxi or an old wooden sailboat

Inside it's pouring, but outside it's fine

The sweet breath of chicory in your light prairie garden

We were drunk on each other and Croatian wine

The music remembers intelligent forces

The wet city sidewalk in June

[Chorus]

Yeah, the party's over

And I'm left here thinking

Of the dogs and the moonlight and you

Yeah, I'm left here thinking

Of the dogs and the moonlight and you