"After Hours" lyrics

"After Hours"

How in the world will I make it to work in the morning?
I've been drinking since we clocked out and now it's 4AM
But they're such a generous couple, Alfredo and Pauline
When they offer a late night session you don't want to offend

The shutters come down
And that's what they're for
We don't want to invite in the law

It's not often the case that we're forced to sacrifice the jukebox
But the plug always has to be pulled on the quiz machine
So you imbibe all you can cause you're partaking in something forbidden
And time after time you'll wake up face down in the latrine

We speak in hushed tones
Dim down the lights
We're staying after hours tonight

Where am I now?
Where am I now?
Where am I now?
I don't remember a thing
I don't remember, remember a thing

Lord only knows what kind of poison I'm drinking
I can't read the label
So I'll just dance off my cares like Fred Astaire
Up here on the table

The shutters come down
And that's what they're for
We don't want to invite in the law
Speak in hushed tones
And dim down the lights
We're staying after hours tonight


Writer(s): Edward Daniel Chester, Adam Patrick Devlin, Scott Edward Morriss, Mark James Morriss, Richard James Payne
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