At Closing Time

At Closing Time

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You've got your poison,

I've got mine.

I've got religion,

You've got wine.

You say, "Just one more drink?"

I say, "Thanks, but I'm fine."

Let's see who's still standing

At closing time.

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We're so diffferent -

So much the same.

We both need something

For the pain.

Something to hold on to,

To help us over the line;

But who'll still be standing

At closing time?

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At closing time the Barman's bell is ringing,

It's a sound that finally breaks the spell;

And there's a chorus of drunken angels singing,

On their way to heaven or to hell.

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I look in the mirror -

Who do I see?

How much is you?

How much is me?

How'd I even get here,

And how'd I blur the line?

And who'll still be standing

At closing time?

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At closing time the Barman's bell is ringing,

It's a sound that finally breaks the spell;

And there's a chorus of drunken angels singing,

On their way to heaven or to hell.

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God's in his Heaven,

But all's not well.

This ship is sinking -

Can't you tell?

Now who will man a lifeboat

And who'll be in the brine?

It's one or the other

At closing time.

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Copyright Geoff Gannon

Secret Spring Music , 2005.