Closing Time

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...
 Chorus:
 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 'til 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 ol' 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...
 Chorus:
 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 'til 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...
 From Radney Foster "Del Rio Texas 1959"
 Arista Records 1992
 Polygram Intl/BMG Music