Every afternoon at 5 o'clock
I forget all about you
There ain't nothin'
'bout this honky tonk
to remind me we're through
And I can put off goin' back
to that old empty house
you swore you'd never leave
From the loneliness
you handed me
I can get a brief reprieve
From here until closin' time
it won't matter you're gone
I can fill up my emptiness
Maybe make it on my own
From now till they
lock the doors
Put the chairs up
and sweep the floors
You won't even cross my mind
from here until closin' time
Well the good old days
are good and gone
since you left without me
If I could figure out
where we went wrong
maybe I'd be free
These ties that bind
my foolish heart
just won't let me start
my life again
And then I wouldn't need
this lonesome bar
Where I come to pretend
From here until closin' time
it won't matter you're gone
Your memory won't
break my heart
I can make it on my own
From now till they
lock the doors
Put the chairs up
and sweep the floors
You won't even cross my mind
from here until closin' time
Every afternoon at 5 o'clock
I forget all about you