Last Call Wisdom

The bartender's wiping down the counter

Chairs up on tables, lights getting brighter

Last call was twenty minutes ago

But he lets me finish slow

There's something about this hour

When the night reveals its power

Last call wisdom hits different

When the crowd's gone and it's quiet

All the noise has cleared away

Last call wisdom finds a way

The truth comes out when the party ends

Last call wisdom, old friend

I've been coming here for months

Watching people come and go

But the real conversations start

When there's nowhere left to go

Just me and the man closing shop

Last call wisdom won't stop

Last call wisdom speaks in silence

When the music's finally done

All pretense has walked out the door

Last call wisdom, nothing more

The clarity that darkness brings

Last call wisdom, true things

He tells me he's been doing this thirty years

Seen every kind of drunk and every kind of tears

Says the people who stay til the end

Are the ones who need a friend

The kind of talk that heals the soul

Last call wisdom makes you whole

Last call wisdom in the air

When it's just us sitting there

No performance, no facade

Last call wisdom, thank god

The honest hour after all the show

Last call wisdom helps you grow

I leave a generous tip and say goodnight

Last call wisdom feels right

Tomorrow I'll come back again

Last call wisdom, faithful friend