The amber of the fire, is starting to fade
But it's now that I'm at my best

Give the angel on my shoulder a break for the night
'Cuz the devil ain't getting no rest
I've got thousands of stories, you've heard them before

Yet I'll tell them again and again
Come on, pull up a stool, now, and buy me a drink
And please think of me as a friend


We live for the weekend, each city's the same
There's a bar on the corner where they won't know your name

There's plenty of drink, they've been saving your chair
It's our second home, we ain't goin nowhere


It's the end of the night, but we ain't goin' home
It's the end of the night, but we ain't goin' home
It's the end of the night, but we ain't goin' home


This life, it ain't easy, still we've managed to win
There's times we've been knocked down, yeah we land with our chin

We're generous guys with our hearts on our sleeves
Misunderstood, though the boss disagrees
We can't catch a break, wrote the book on bad luck

We'd hold down the shop if it didn't all suck

It's the end of the night, but we ain't goin' home

It's the end of the night, but we ain't goin' home
It's the end of the night, but we ain't goin' home


The bartender's spoken, and he's made it clear:
If you ain't goin home, then you ain't stayin here
You can't shut us off and you won't turn us down

There's plenty of joints who'll be grateful to have us around

It's the end of the night, but we ain't goin' home

It's the end of the night, but we ain't goin' home
It's the end of the night, but we ain't goin' home


You've beaten me black, and you've beaten me blue
The scars are well-worn on my face
I have packed up the bags, and I've sulked off in shame

For one last walk of disgrace

It's the end of the night, but we ain't goin' home

It's the end of the night, but we ain't goin' home
It's the end of the night, but we ain't goin' home


(I gotta go to work!)