The smiles have fallen, the stars have been taken down
All around the place
The orchestra has left to light up another party
The chairs are empty on the unlit stage
The early morning arrives like an expected bastard
The lovers leave the bushes and no longer laugh
A dog turns and sniffs a last scrap of summer
Life is a liar, did you know?
Life is a liar, did you know?
Life is a liar, the party’s over
Life is a liar, did you know?
Life is a liar, the party’s over
A hat forgotten on the side of the bar
The pretty things have left until the next summer
The heroes of the night have all lowered their guard
The promises have yellowed in the cruel light of day
An old woman mutters on a doorstep
She once held life in her smooth hands
The children who ran from kisses to kisses
Have left in the night like a firework
Life is a liar, did you know?
Life is a liar, the party’s over
Life is a liar, did you know?
Life is a liar, the party’s over
The party is over, the alleyways groan under the already cold wind
A lively sweeper sends - no one knows where -
The last scraps of joy
So where’ve they gone all those painted eyelids
And all those perky breasts
The music that we drank together with the same throat,
So where’ve they gone?