The Party's Over lyrics

I thought if I could be with you maybe I'd feel better

But I'm afraid I took advantage of your love
I thought if you'd just hold me tight maybe I'd forget her

But I don't suppose as yet you've held me tight enough

Please hold me tighter I still remember

Put your arms around me hold me close hold me tight and long

Go away can't you see I'm crying go back to the new love that you've found

Don't sweet talk me cause I'm not listening
And you'll only make things worse by hanging round

I know that I'd be crazy if I took you back again

But this foolish heart of mine might just repent and give in

So go away I feel much safer when you're gone

Cause you're the one who made me cry now let my cry alone

The silence is unusually loud tonight the strange sound of nothing fills my ears

The night rushes in like a crowd of nights and the ghost of our old love goes away
This strange world of darkness that comes with the night

Grows darker when it walks my way

And it lasts while I listen for the breaking of day

And the ghost of our old love goes away

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I see nothing to be gained by explanations

No need to try to say who's right or who was wrong
No need to enter into lengthy dissertations to make a long story short she's gone

I won't attempt to explain the things that happened

To put in words why she's not here would take too long

And it's all too far beyond the realm of understanding

To make a long story short she's gone

Yesterday as I talked with a friend in town I forgot to remember that you'd gone

And for a moment I've found myself smiling but a moment isn't very long
Last night as I danced with a stranger and she held her cheek close to my own

For a moment I almost forgot you but a moment isn't very long

Every now and then I get a chance to smile

But those every-now-and-then's just last a little while

Turn out the lights the party's over they say that all good things must end

Call it tonight the party's over and tomoroow starts the same old thing again

But the crazy crazy party never seen so many people

Laughing dancing look at you you're having fun

But look at me I'm almost cryin' that don't keep her love from dyin'

Misery cause for me the party's over

Turn out the lights...

There goes a man who gave his heart to someone and I feel sorry for him

For that someone just gave her heart to me
Now he's the loser and it hurts so much to lose and I feel sorry for him

Cause the loser I know could have been me

Oh how he loved her I'm sure he must have loved her almost as much as me

But fate has frowned on him then turned around and smiled on me

The children are sleeping our talk can begin we've waited until they've gone to bed

We knew they would cry when we said goodbye and I'd rather leave quietly instead
We can never be happy we both know it's true

We've quarrelled from the day that we met

Our love was too weak to pull our dreams through but too strong to let us forget

I'll stay around untill it's over and hope that it never ends
And maybe in time you'll change your mind and decide to love me again
I'll just simply refuse to leave you call me stubborn but I'll never give in
And I'll hang around till it's over and hope that it never ends
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I'll just simply refuse...

Each time you hurt me you say you're sorry I try to understand and say okay

But there must be an end to understanding and the end of mine can't be too far away
I try to understand you're only human and we all make mistakes every day

But there must be an end to understanding and I know that I just can't go on this way

Don't you know that love and understanding go together