Party's over Now, The (Words and Music)

The party's over now,
 the dawn is drawing very nigh,
 The candles gutter,
 the starlight leaves the sky;
 It's time for little girls and boys to hurry home to bed,
 For there's a new day waiting just ahead.
 
 Life is sweet,
 But time is fleet
 beneath the magic of the moon.
 Dancing time
 May seem sublime,
 But it is ended all too soon.
 The thrill has gone,
 To linger on
 Would spoil it anyhow;
 Let's creep away
 From the day,
 For the party's over now.
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 Night is over, dawn is breaking,
 Everywhere the town is waking,
 Just as we are on our way to sleep.
 Lovers meet and dance a little,
 Snatching from romance a little
 Souvenir of happiness to keep.
 The music of an hour ago
 Was just a sort of "Let's pretend!",
 The melodies that charmed us so
 At last are ended.
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 The party's over now,
 the dawn is drawing very nigh,
 The candles gutter,
 the starlight leaves the sky;
 It's time for little girls and boys to hurry home to bed,
 For there's a new day waiting just ahead.
 Life is sweet,
 But time is fleet
 beneath the magic of the moon.
 Dancing time
 May seem sublime,
 But it is ended all too soon.
 The thrill has gone,
 To linger on
 Would spoil it anyhow;
 Let's creep away
 From the day,
 For the party's over now.