Closing Time Lyrics - Singles - Radney Foster

Every afternoon at five o'clock 

I forget all about you 

There ain't nothin' 'bout this honky-tonk 

To remind me we're through 

And I can put off going back 

To that ol' empty house 

You swore you'd never leave 

From the loneliness you handed me 

I can get a brief reprieve 

From here until closing time 

It won't matter you're gone 

I can fill up my emptiness 

Maybe make it on my own 

From now till they lock the doors 

Put the chairs up and sweep the floors 

You won't even cross my mind 

From here until closing time 

Well, the good old days are good and gone 

Since you left without me 

If I could figure out where we went wrong 

Then maybe I'd be free 

From these ties that bind my foolish heart 

And just won't let me start my life again 

Then I wouldn't need this lonesome bar 

Where I come to pretend 

From here until closing time 

It won't matter you're gone 

Your memory won't break my heart 

I can make it on my own 

From now till they lock the doors 

Put the chairs up and sweep the floors 

You won't even cross my mind 

From here until closing time 

Every afternoon at five o'clock 

I forget all about you