LAST CALL ON VINE

Chairs are on the tables, baby, mop is in the hall

Said the chairs are on the tables, and the mop is in the hall

Bartender's counting quarters, but I ain't through at all

Learned on an old upright with three keys that wouldn't sound

Yeah, an old beat-up upright, three keys that wouldn't sound

My uncle swept the floor there, I played what I found

Eighteenth Street and Vine, where the ghosts still keep good time

I said Eighteenth Street and Vine, where the ghosts still keep good time

They tip their hats at midnight, and they leave me one more dime

Play it, now

That's the key that don't work

I play around it

She left me on a Thursday with a note up on the keys

She left me on a Thursday, little note up on the keys

Said "you love that piano more," and well, I had to agree

So it's last call on Vine, put your coat on, find the door

Yes, it's last call on Vine, get your coat and find the door

I'll be here tomorrow evening, playing for the floor

Goodnight, Kansas City