I Opened a Bar

I opened a bar for all my friends Who have no work and for the ones who do have work To safely vomit what they've earned into the hall Underneath the disco ball I opened a bar for arctic plates Where they can melt on microwaves And I opened a bar for veterans To chat about dismemberments To smash some faces when they're bored And raise their glass to presidents Fall asleep before they're old Today, today, hurray, hurray I opened a bar I opened a bar for my boyfriend The one who always held my hand in public places when me drank For him to wonderfully spend the night with this new lover And whispering lyrics of romance that they can't write or understand I will start a clever hashtag trend Oh, we mostly grow by dying Today, today, hurray, hurray I opened a bar I opened a bar for myself A purely self-loving event In case I suddenly fall ill and chemo will not take effect Instead of spending weeks in bed attached to intravenous drips And I have never taken drugs, so why start now? Where I can climb the neon ads From the street up to the top An independent European Who has never needed someone To blow the whole thing up Hurray, hurray, today, today I opened a bar A bar, a bar, a bar, a bar Today, today, hurray, hurray I opened a bar, a bar I opened a bar for my mother To explore when she discovers That I passed and she may long for A place to find the clues