I Don'T Want To Leave the Party
The long, long night
Is winding down
From distant rooms
I hear the sound
Of fine old friends
Taking leave
The evening ends
And I believe
The time to follow draws ever near
My heart is tired, but my mind is clear.
The shining lights
Are fading out,
The dawn lies weak
On the walls without
The voices drift
And steal away
As we search for deeper
Things to say
The sands keep flowing through the glass
As present lives become the past.
- And we all grow old
- As the Earth spins around
- As we hold to the love
- By which we all are bound.
I don't want to leave the party
It's always been such fun
Through all the years and tears and fears
It's like it's only just begun.
I don't want to leave the party
But I'll follow all my friends.
Who knows what waits outside the door
When the magic of our living ends?
The hand that holds
Your glass of wine
Is cracked and aged
As much as mine
The shadows of
Our memories
Are lengthening
Into the seas
Of onward flowing history,
The days once shared by you and me.
The love that lit
Ten thousand nights
Is still alive
And burning bright.
The time we spent
On sharing dreams
Is further now,
Or so it seems.
The lives we built we can't forget,
And no one wants to leave just yet.
- And we all grow old
- As the Earth spins around
- As we hold to the love
- To which we all are bound.
I don't want to leave the party,
We're all having too much fun.
Yet while smiling we'll still disappear
Now that the play is closed and done.
I don't want to leave the party,
But I'll go, with all my friends
Who knows what's waiting just outside
When the spell of living softly ends?
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