Look at this picture postcard
Look at that old hotel
Out on the esplanade, the orchestra played
And the gentlemen smoked while empires fell
The present imperfect is making me tense
The past has a rosy glow
It’s a trick and a trance
It’s a memory dance
That comes when the shadows of evening grow
So let’s drink a little wine
Laugh a little laugh
Stop a little time like an old photograph
Forget about everything waiting in the morning light
Take a look at you; take a look at me
Hard to take it that seriously
May be hell to pay tomorrow
But heaven is free tonight
Well I rattle around in these windows
I watch the red sun through the trees
While the satellite beams idiot dreams
Kind of promises only a fool believes
The future indefinite’s hanging me up
I’d like to know where I’m gonna reside
But if I can’t understand I make no demands
Take the comfort I can of this fireside
Oh now we’re gonna drink a little wine
Laugh a little laugh
Stop a little time like an old photograph
Forget about everything waiting in the morning light
Take a look at you; take a look at me
Ain’t it hard to take it that seriously
May be hell to pay tomorrow
But heaven is free tonight
Must be a joker in the stars
‘Cause they could all burn out
And we’d never notice it,
Shining and shining
We’re gonna drink a little wine
Laugh a little laugh
Stop a little time like an old photograph
Forget about everything waiting in the morning light
Take a look at you; take a look at me
Ain’t it hard to take it that seriously
May be hell to pay tomorrow
But heaven is free tonight
There may be hell to pay tomorrow
But heaven is free tonight
Lyrics Submitted by Jeff