Intro : / /
Ah, we're d rinking and we're dancing
and the band is really happening
and the J ohnny Walker wisdom running high,
And my v ery sweet companion,
she's the Angel of Compassion
and she's r ubbing half the world against her thigh.
And every d rinker, every dancer
lifts a happy face to thank her
and the f iddler fiddles so mething so sublim e
all the w omen tear their blouses off
the men they dance on the polka dots
and it's p artner found and it's partner lost
and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
it's c losing time
Yeah, the w omen tear their blouses off
the men they dance on the polka dots
and it's p artner found and it's pa rtner lost
and it's h ell to pay when the fi ddler stops
it's c losing time
We're l onely, we're romantic
and the cider's laced with acid
and the H oly Spirit's crying, "Where's the beef ?"
And the m oon is swimming naked
and the summer night is fragrant
with a m ighty expectation of relief
So we s truggle and we stagger
down the snakes and up the ladder
to the t ower where the bl essed hours chi me
and I s wear it happened just like this :
a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
the G ates of Love they budged an inch
I can't say much has happened since
but c losing time
I s wear it happned just like this :
a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
the G ates of Love they bu dged an inch
I c an't say much has ha ppened since
(can't say much has happned since, can't say much has happened since)
but c losing time, cl osing time
I l oved you for your beauty
but that doesn't make a fool of me
you were in it for your beauty too
and I l oved you for your body
there's a voice that sounds like God to me
declaring (declaring) declaring (d eclaring)
declaring that you're body's really you (really really really really)
I l oved you when our love was blessed
I love you now there's nothing left
but s orrow and a se nse of overtim e
and I m iss you since the place got wrecked
but I just don't care what happens next
looks like freedom but it feels like death
it's something in between, I guess
it's c losing time
Yeah. I m iss you since the place got wrecked
by the winds of change and the weeds of sex
looks like freedom but it f eels like death
it's s omething in betw een, I guess
it's c losing time
Yeah, we're d rinking and we're dancing
but there's nothing really happening
The p lace is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night
And my v ery close companion
gets me fumbing gets me laughing
she's a h undred but she's wearing something tight
And I l ift my glass to the Awful Truth
which you can't reveal to the Ears of Youth
exc ept to say it is n't worth a dim e
And the w hole damn place goes crazy twice
and it's once for the Devil and it's once for Christ
but the B oss don't like these dizzy heights
we're busted in the blinding lights
of c losing time
The w hole damn place goes crazy twice
and it's once for the Devil and it's once for Christ
but the B oss don't like these di zzy heights
we're b usted in the bl inding lights
(busted in the blinding lights)
busted in the blinding lights
of c losing time, cl osing time
Oh, the w omen tear their blouses off
and the men they dance on the polka dots, it's c losing time
And it's p artner found, and it's partner lost
and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
it's c losing time
I s wear it happned just like this :
A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss, it's c losing time
The g ates of love they budged an inch
I can't say much has happned since but c losing time
I l oved you when our love was blessed
I love you now, there's nothing left but c losing time
And I m issed you since our place gor wrecked
by the winds of change and the weeds of sex, it's c losing time