[Verse 1] Thats how it starts We go back to your house You check the charts And start to figure it out And if its crowded, all the better Because we know were gonna be up late But if youre worried about the weather Then you picked the wrong place to stay Thats how it starts [Verse 2] And so it starts You switch the engine on We set controls for the heart of the sun One of the ways that we show our age And if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up If the sun comes up and I still dont wanna stagger home Then its the memory of our betters That are keeping us on our feet You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan And the next five years trying to be with your friends again Oh, youre talking fortyfive turns just as fast as you can Yeah, I know it gets tired, but its better when we pretend [Verse 3] It comes apart The way it does in bad films Except the part Where the moral kicks in And when were running out of the drugs And the conversations grinding away I wouldnt trade one stupid decision For another five years of life You drop the first ten years just as fast as you can And the next ten people who are trying to be polite When youre blowing eightyfive days in the middle of France Yeah, I know it gets tired, only where are your friends tonight? [Verse 4] And to tell the truth Oh, this could be the last time So here we go Like a sales force into the night And if I made a fool, if I made a fool If I made a fool on the road, theres always this And if Im sued into submission I can still come home to this And with a face like a dad and a laughable stand You can sleep on the plane or review what you said When youre drunk and the kids look impossibly tanned You think over and over, Hey, Im finally dead Oh, if the trip and the plan come apart in your hand You can turn it on yourself, you ridiculous clown You forgot what you meant when you read what you said And you always knew you were tired, but then [Chorus] Where are your friends tonight? Where are your friends tonight? Where are your friends tonight? If I could see all my friends tonight If I could see all my friends tonight If I could see all my friends tonight If I could see all my friends tonight
tonight, friend, five, come, year