Ah we’re drinking and we’re dancing
and the band is really happening
and the Johnny Walker wisdom running high
And my very sweet companion
she’s the Angel of Compassion
she’s rubbing half the world against her thigh
And every drinker every dancer
lifts a happy face to thank her
the fiddler fiddles something so sublime
all the women tear their blouses off
and the men they dance on the polka-dots
and it’s partner found, it’s partner lost
and it’s hell to pay when the fiddler stops:
it’s closing time
Yeah the women tear their blouses off
and the men they dance on the polka-dots
and it’s partner found, it’s partner lost
and it’s hell to pay when the fiddler stops:
it’s closing time
Ah we’re lonely, we’re romantic
and the cider’s laced with acid
and the Holy Spirit’s crying, “Where’s the beef?”
And the moon is swimming naked
and the summer night is fragrant
with a mighty expectation of relief
So we struggle and we stagger
down the snakes and up the ladder
to the tower where the blessed hours chime
and I swear it happened just like this:
a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
the Gates of Love they budged an inch
I can’t say much has happened since
but closing time
I swear it happened just like this:
a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
the Gates of Love they budged an inch
I can’t say much has happened since
closing time
I loved you for your beauty
but that doesn’t make a fool of me:
you were in it for your beauty too
and I loved you for your body
there’s a voice that sounds like God to me
declaring, declaring, declaring that your body’s really you
And I loved you when our love was blessed
and I love you now there’s nothing left
but sorrow and a sense of overtime
and I missed you since the place got wrecked
And 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 closing time
Yeah I missed you since the place got wrecked
By the winds of change and the weeds of sex
looks like freedom but it feels like death
it’s something in between, I guess
it’s closing time
Yeah we’re drinking and we’re dancing
but there’s nothing really happening
and the place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night
And my very close companion
gets me fumbling gets me laughing
she’s a hundred but she’s wearing
something tight
and I lift my glass to the Awful Truth
which you can’t reveal to the Ears of Youth
except to say it isn’t worth a dime
And the whole damn place goes crazy twice
and it’s once for the devil and once for Christ
but the Boss don’t like these dizzy heights
we’re busted in the blinding lights,
busted in the blinding lights
of closing time
The whole damn place goes crazy twice
and it’s once for the devil and once for Christ
but the Boss don’t like these dizzy heights
we’re busted in the blinding lights,
busted in the blinding lights
of closing time
Oh the women tear their blouses off
and the men they dance on the polka-dots
It’s closing time
And it’s partner found, it’s partner lost
and it’s hell to pay when the fiddler stops
It’s closing time
I swear it happened just like this:
a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
It’s closing time
The Gates of Love they budged an inch
I can’t say much has happened since
But closing time
I loved you when our love was blessed
I love you now there’s nothing left
But closing time
I miss you since the place got wrecked
By the winds of change and the weeds of sex.
Prevod pesme
Fajront
Ah, pijemo i plešemo
i prava svirka u toku je
a mudrost Džoni Vokera velika je
a moje slatko društvo,
ona je sažaljivi anđeo
pola se sveta uz njenu butinu trlja
I svaki pijanica, svaki igrač
se osmehuje da joj zahvali,
violinista nešto tako uzvišeno svira
žene sa sebe bluze kidaju
a muškarci polku plešu
i partneri se smenjuju,
a kad svirač zastane u teškom su problemu:
fajront je
Da, žene sa sebe bluze kidaju
a muškarci polku plešu
i partneri se smenjuju
a kad svirač zastane problem nastaje:
fajront je
Ah mi smo usamljeni, mi smo romantični
a jabukovača je kiselinom začinjena
a Sveti Duh plače, “U čemu je stvar?”
A mesec pliva nag
i letnja noć miriše
sa moćnim iščekivanjem olakšanja
Tako da se mi borimo i teturamo
niz zmije i uz lestve
do tornja sa kojeg blaženi sati otkucavaju
i kunem se da baš ovako bilo je:
jedan uzdah, plač, gladan poljubac
Ljubavi vrata odškrinuše se
Ne mogu da kažem da se od tada desilo štošta
sem fajronta
Kunem se da baš ovako bilo je:
jedan uzdah, plač, gladan poljubac
Ljubavi vrata odškrinuše se
Ne mogu da kažem da se od tada desilo štošta
sem fajronta
Voleo sam te zbog lepote tvoje
ali to ne znači da sam budala:
i ti si u tome zbog lepote svoje učestvovala
a ja voleo sam te zbog tvog tela
ima neki glas koji meni zvuči kao Bog
objavljuje, objavljuje, objavljuje da tvoje je telo tvoja suština
A ja voleo sam te kada je naša ljubav bila blažena
i volim te i sada kada ništa ostalo nije
sem tuge i osećaja da vreme isteklo nam je
I nedostaješ mi otkako je to mesto uništeno
I jednostavno me nije briga šta će biti
deluje kao sloboda ali čini se kao smrt
to je valjda nešto u sredini
vreme je fajronta
Da, nedostaješ mi otkako je to mesto uništeno
Vetrovima promena i korovom seksa
deluje kao sloboda ali čini se kao smrt
to je valjda nešto u sredini
vreme je fajronta
Da, mi pijemo i plešemo
ali u stvari se ništa ne dešava
i mrtvo je kao nedeljno veče u raju
A moj veoma blizak drug
pravi me šeprtljom, zasmejava me
sto je godina stara ali u
nešto uzano utegnuta
a ja podižem čašu Istini Groznoj
koja nije za Dečije uši
sem da se kaže da ni pare ne vredi
I čitavo to prokleto mesto dvaput poludi
jednom za đavola, jednom za Isusa
ali šefu se ne sviđaju te vrtoglave visine
uhvaćeni smo na tom zaslepljujućem svetlu,
gotovi smo na zaslepljujućem svetlu
fajronta
Čitavo to prokleto mesto dvaput poludi
jednom za đavola, jednom za Isusa
ali šefu se ne sviđaju te vrtoglave visine
uhvaćeni smo na tom zaslepljujućem svetlu,
gotovi smo na zaslepljujućem svetlu
fajronta
Oh žene sa sebe bluze kidaju
a muškarci polku plešu
Fajront je
I partneri se smenjuju
a kad svirač zastane problem nastane:
fajront je
i kunem se da baš ovako bilo je:
jedan uzdah, plač, gladan poljubac
fajront je
Ljubavi vrata odškrinula su se
Ne mogu reći da od tada desilo se mnogo štošta
Sem fajronta
Voleo sam te kada je naša ljubav bila blažena
Volim te sada kada ostalo nije više ništa
Sem fajronta
Nedostaješ mi otkako je to mesto uništeno
vetrovima promena i korovom seksa.