after the party's over

After the party's over

And the curtain falls

Cups in between the cushions

Quiet halls

No one but me in the mirror

And these four walls

The speaker still plays in the corner

After the party's over

After the party's over

Denim jacket left

Champagne spray on the ceiling

And the sink's a mess

A number no name on a napkin

Scribbled take a guess

I smile, I can't keep my composure

After the party's over

After the party's over

After the party's over

And the embers dim

I stack up the chairs in the backyard

And I think of him

He played the guitar like an angel

With a bearded grin

Will he still like me when he's sober

After the party's over

After the party's over

After the party's over

So raise your glass

To the party's past

To the times we'll remember

And the nights we'll forget

To the red solo cups on the front lawn

To the twinkling lights that we'll leave on

To the songs that we sang and the pizza we ate

And the cops who came and said"turn it down it's getting late"

They said"turn it down it's getting late"

We never turned it down, it kept getting late

And we sang

And we danced

And we swayed

And had ourselves a good night

But after the party's over

And nostalgia wins

I'm happy and sad at the same time

As the sun creeps in

I'm pretty convinced that last night's

As good as it gets

Promise me you'll come back over

And we'll still do this when we get older

After the party's over