However It Hurts

It's the five minute call
in this old music-hall
The only dancin' I see
is on the wall
Soon they will dim the lights
for a worn-out delight
Girls with lipstick and laddered tights
 
It's wodka and it's beer
that's all they serve in here
This is the bitter life we chose
However it hurts the most
 
This love was like a suit-case
that I never unpacked
It took me on the road
And all the kings horses
and all the kings men
couldn't put my life
together again
 
It's wodka and it's beer
that's all they serve in here
This is the bitter life I chose
However it hurts the most
 
It's the end of the song
and the end of the show
and the end of the line for us
 
As we say our goodbyes
I will fail to disguise
that it scares me to look in your eyes
 
They don't do curtain calls
The curtain simply falls
And I go from pillar to post
The way it hurts the most
 So choose your exit now
or loose me in the crowd
I advise you to leave
However it hurts the least