THE BALLAD OF PETER J. McINERNEY


(Verse)

I know it's late but there's gotta be a place to chill, yeah

A place where I can get my fill

I still got plenty of night to kill, yeah

Bartender, let me close my bill

I'ma press my feet to the concrete, breath sweet air as I move down easy street, yeah

Down easy street

The people I know, people I see

The spirits I love let’s sip and be free ‘cause

I ain't got no place to be, no

No place to be

 

(Chorus)

It was 1998

I saw the death of the cassette tape

My fake ID out of state, life was great

1998

 

(Verse)

We're lookin’ for sticky floors with endless pours

Beer pong tables made of closet doors

Take a breath step back, another all nighter

Brand new Bic lighters, endless smoke ciphers, oh

And let the finest blow

I'm a simple man with a simple plan so I sip with the average Joe

So before I go, go ahead and get a grip of you glass

Cherish the night because we know it won't last

Let’s toast like it's top shelf liquor or beer

Ya’ll ain't gotta go home but you, you can't crash here

 

(Chorus)

 

(Verse)

The people I know the people I see

The spirits I love lets sip and be free

To the nights I won't remember with the friends I won’t forget

Every night like our last, livin’ life no regrets

Late night with our boys, dreamin’ with our girls, oh

What a wonderful world... What a wonderful world

First shot is for the losses forget the pain

Remember sunshine is comin’ after the rain

Next one's for our kin, who've seen where we've been

No we ain't perfect but forgive us our sins

Last ones to our friends, we'll see ‘til the end

The faces we see again and again, oh

Again and again

 

(Outro)

I won't go home so pour me one more