All the gang has gone home
Standing on the corner
All alone

You and me, streetlight
We'll paint the town - grey
Oh, we are so many lamps
Who have lost our way

Say goodnight, America
The word still loves a dreamer

And all the gang has gone home
And I'm standind on the corner
All alone

One, two, three
If you close the door
The night could last forever
Leave the sunshine out
And say hello to never

All the people are dancing
And theyre having such fun
I wish it could happen to me

But if you close the door
Id never have to see the day again

If you close the door
The night could last forever
Leave the wine-glass out
And drink a toast to never

Oh, someday I know
Someone will look into my eyes
And say hello
Youre my very special one

But if you close the door
Id never have to see the day again

Dark party bars, shiny cadillac cars
And the people on subways and trains
Looking gray in the rain, as they stand disarrayed
Oh, but people look well in the dark

And if you close the door
The night could last forever
Leave the sunshine out
And say hello to never

All the people are dancing
And theyre having such fun
I wish it could happen to me

Cause if you close the door
Id never have to see the day again
Id never have to see the day again, once more
Id never have to see the day again

And you and I will follow down the street
And when the rivers end into the sea
While I remember what you mean to me

And you and I, a spiral spinning round
And standing in a circle on the ground
I'll follow you until you wear me out

And in your summer sky and in the air
Have you forgotten how you got us here
While I remember how much I care

And in a dream I'm trying to forget
I feel the blood that rushes to my head
I need your love and all the things you've said

And in the leaves
And in my mind
You're always there

And in the leaves
And in my mind
You're always there

This door is always open
This door is always open
No one has the guts to shut us out
But if we have to go now
I guess there's always hope that
Some place will be serving after hours

This night is winding down but
Time means nothing
As always at this hour
Time means nothing
One final final round 'cause
Time means nothing
Say that you'll stay
Say that you'll stay

We're finally drunk enough that
We're finally soaking up
The hours that everyone else throws away
And if we have to go now
I guess there's always hope
Tomorrow night will be more of the same

This night is winding down but
Time means nothing
As always at this hour
Time means nothing
One final final round 'cause
Time means nothing
Say that you'll stay
Say that you'll stay
Say that you'll stay

We're all right where we're supposed to be
We're all right where we're supposed to be
We're all right where we're supposed to be
(Time means nothing)
We're all right where we're supposed to be
(Time means nothing)

This door is always open
This door is always open
No one has the guts to shut us out
No one has the guts to shut us out

Time means nothing
Time means nothing
One final final round 'cause
Time means nothing
Say that you'll stay
Say that you'll stay
Say that you'll stay

One, two, three
If you close the door
the night could last forever
Leave the sunshine out
and say hello to never

All the people are dancing
and they're having such fun
I wish it could happen to me

But if you close the door
I'd never have to see the day again

If you close the door
the night could last forever
Leave the wine-glass out
and drink a toast to never

Oh, someday I know
someone will look into my eyes
And say hello
you're my very special one

But if you close the door
I'd never have to see the day again

Dark party bars, shiny Cadillac cars
and the people on subways and trains
Looking gray in the rain, as they stand disarrayed
oh, but people look well in the dark

And if you close the door
the night could last forever
Leave the sunshine out
and say hello to never

All the people are dancing
and they're having such fun
I wish it could happen to me

Cause if you close the door
I'd never have to see the day again
I'd never have to see the day again, once more
I'd never have to see the day again

Chorus (After Hours it was cool x8)

Q-Tip:

Ten after one I think I'll hop the horse
Downtown late of three of course
Just came from fishing couldn't get a catch
Downtown they'll probably have a batch
A whitened sandwich and again it stopped
But with the bail though I had a bout
So I exchanged it for some apple juice
I had the blues but I shook them loose
A jeep is blasting from the urban streets
Loots of funk over hardcore beats
The moon dabbles in the morning sky
As the minutes just creep on by
I get a thought and hear comes my Tribe
Ritual shakes and in good vibes
Like always the Quest begins
In the mist though but the rhyth's move in
We find a spot and we sit and chat
Speaking on the status quo of rap
A derelick makes a real long speach
We pay attention to the words he read
When he was done we rattled on
There was no lunch because it wasn't dawn
We pointed things out about this times
The worlds famons and the crazy crimes
Inflation of the nation, it bothers me
I better go gold, to pay the taxes
Gotta be swift society
The man whose made is the man who maxes
The grounds for living are being discussed
As we go it gets close to dusk
Gather thoughts and savor breath
Cause there's only a few hours left

Chorus:
After Hours it was cool (x8)

Q-Tip:

Me ohh my, hey-hey, hey-hey
The human hours are here to stay
This is how it seems(?) my witness
Bug out all night, ask Phife, he's with this
Girls be screaming on this conversation
I have my two cents for a revelation
And my watch continuously tic-tocs
Shaheed will bring up the beats that rocks
I hear the frogs and the smashing of bottles
A car revs up and I hear it trottle
It probably moves with the morning wind
Ohh my God, here's Phife again
Here talking about last nights game
Trying to remember someone's name
So hear the frogs dancing in the streets
Once again Ali will bring up the beat
Like this

(Sounds of frogs)

Q-Tip:

The beat is over and so is the night
The sun is risen and the shine is bright
We all say peace and go our separate ways
Youth is fading as we gain our days
Expedition for the song is simp'
The hours creep, excuse me, I mean limp
As we go you hear a gasp of laugh
As we start up our rhythmic path
Like this

Chorus

one, two, three
If you close the door
the night could last forever
Leave the sunshine out
and say hello to never

All the people are dancing
and they're having such fun
I wish it could happen to me

But if you close the door
I'd never have to see the day again

If you close the door
the night could last forever
Leave the wine-glass out
and drink a toast to never

Oh, someday I know
someone will look into my eyes
And say hello
you're my very special one

But if you close the door
I'd never have to see the day again

Dark party bars, shiny Cadillac cars
and the people on subways and trains
Looking gray in the rain, as they stand disarrayed
oh, but people look well in the dark

And if you close the door
the night could last forever
Leave the sunshine out
and say hello to never

All the people are dancing
and they're having such fun
I wish it could happen to me

Cause if you close the door
I'd never have to see the day again
I'd never have to see the day again, once more
I'd never have to see the day again

Ooh!

Here comes 'Cokey' Joe,
Looking to make it snow,
I wish I didn't know what I know,

And that's why you were hired, (hired!)
Don't do your job and you'll be fired, (fired!)
You can't get tired after hours, (hours!)
They building high in silver towers, (towers!)
They congegrate here after hours, (hours!)
They tellin' lies, that's how rumours get started and destinies die.

Tick tock, sex o'clock, where did the time go?
You can't go blind blowing your load.
And that's why God's a liar, (liar!)
You're underage you need a buyer! (buyer!)
We'll take you higher after hours, (hours!)
They're getting nice on whiskey sours! (sours!)
They tellin' secrets after hours, (hours!)
Destroying time as our organs shut down and brain cells die.

Oh! Oh! Oh-oh!
Oh! Oh! Oh-oh!
Oh! Oh! Oh-oh!
Oh! Oh! Oh!

Here comes Sammy 'Smack', and he's been crashed up,
He gonna need a tranfusion of blood,
And all the ladies oughta dance, (yes!)
Another system of this business!
Forget about it, lose that dress, (dress!)

Oh!
Give me a hug!
This is how the young girls dress in my club.

After hours, (hours!)
Internalizing Satan's powers, (powers!)
You'll live forever after hours! (hours!)
Now you know why,
The sun ain't the real reason vampires die.

Ooh!

Here comes 'Cokey' Joe,
Looking to make it snow,
I wish I didn't know what I know,

And that's why you were hired, (hired!)
Don't do your job and you'll be fired, (fired!)
You can't get tired after hours, (hours!)
They building high in silver towers, (towers!)
They congegrate here after hours, (hours!)
They tellin' lies, that's how rumours get started and destinies die.

Tick tock, sex o'clock, where did the time go?
You can't go blind blowing your load.
And that's why God's a liar, (liar!)
You're underage you need a buyer! (buyer!)
We'll take you higher after hours, (hours!)
They're getting nice on whiskey sours! (sours!)
They tellin' secrets after hours, (hours!)
Destroying time as our organs shut down and brain cells die.

Oh! Oh! Oh-oh!
Oh! Oh! Oh-oh!
Oh! Oh! Oh-oh!
Oh! Oh! Oh!

Here comes Sammy 'Smack', and he's been crashed up,
He gonna need a tranfusion of blood,
And all the ladies oughta dance, (yes!)
Another system of this business!
Forget about it, lose that dress, (dress!)

Oh!
Give me a hug!
This is how the young girls dress in my club.

After hours, (hours!)
Internalizing Satan's powers, (powers!)
You'll live forever after hours! (hours!)
Now you know why,
The sun ain't the real reason vampires die.

Down every road there`s always one more city
I`m on the run, the highway is my home

I raised a lot of cane back in my younger days
While mama used to pray my crops would fail
Now I`m a hunted fugitive with just two ways
Outrun the law or spend my life in jail

I`d like to settele down but they won`t let me
A fugitive must be a rolling stone
Down every road there`s always one more city

I`m lonly but I can`t afford the luxury
Of having one I love to come along
She`d only slow me down and they`d catch up with me
For he who travels fastest goes alone

I`d like to sttele down but they won`t let me
A fugitive must be a rolling stone
Down every road there`s always one more city
I`m on the run, yhe highway is my home
I`m on the run, yhe highway is my home

Watching everybody leaving,
I tell myself, "Looks can be deceiving."
Oh, I'm hoping that I'm not dead right
This after hours, afterlife
I'm not ready to die in style tonight.

Tried to follow you out,
But I did not know where you'd be leading on,
And you might think people don't live through being dead wrong.
Well I guess that your parents must have raised a themselves a strictly pious daughter,
'Cause you move through this crowd
Just like parting water.

Oh you dress so nice
You dress to kill
They drop like flies
But who's the funeral for?

Afterwhile these hot, hot nights can turn everything sour
Oh, I know it's not hard to get in trouble after hours.