Misc Originals – Average Joe - Last Call (Guitar)

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This is a story about a place I loved.

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Now it’s just a parking lot but it used to be a pub.

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Where jigs and reels were sung and danced both day and night.

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You could always find hot stew, cold beer, a whiskey or a fight.

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At Lydia’s on Broadway, where we all danced as the fiddlers played.

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The guitar, bass, and drums all joined the song,

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and last calls lasts three hours long,

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and last calls lasts three hours long.

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Back in the nineteen-nineties, smoke would fill the air.

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And for years we didn’t even know the second floor was there.

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The basement pool tables entertained when the band was through.

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Where else can you drink a pint (of Guinness) sittin’ in a church pew.

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At Lydia’s on Broadway, where we all danced as the fiddlers played.

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The guitar, bass, and drums all joined the song,

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and last calls lasts three hours long,

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and last calls lasts three hours long.

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To be on the stage with an instrument and playing in a band,

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was the place that we all dreamed of, that’s where I want to stand.

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But center stage at Lydia’s, lead singer’s had to dread.

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When you jumped and smashed that giant, stupid, low beam with your head.

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At Lydia’s on Broadway, where we all danced as the fiddlers played.

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The guitar, bass, and drums all joined the song,

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and last calls lasts three hours long,

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and last calls lasts three hours long.

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The first time I went to Lydia’s, it was a fine dining restaurant.

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Who knew a few years later it would be our favourite haunt.

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The maitre d’ didn’t seem to please by the look on his face .

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When we ordered pints, shots, got drunk and danced around the place.

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At Lydia’s on Broadway, where we all danced as the fiddlers played.

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The guitar, bass, and drums all joined the song,

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and last calls lasts three hours long,

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and last calls lasts three hours long.

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Here in the flatlands, there is a place I love.

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It used to be a parking lot but now it’s a fake Irish pub.

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Where jigs and reels were sung and danced both day and night.

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You could always find hot stew, cold beer, a whiskey or a fight.                                

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At (insert bar name here) off Broadway, where we all dance as the fiddlers play.

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The guitar, bass, and drums all joined the song,

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and last calls lasts three hours long,

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and last calls lasts three hours long.

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Now some may go to Dublin or George Street in St. John’s.

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Others to Cape Breton where every second name is Sean.

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Some say you must taste the brine and smell the salty air.

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Ride the tide and fish the line but look what we have here.

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At (insert bar name here) off Broadway, where we all dance as the fiddlers play.

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The guitar, bass, and drums all joined the song,

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and last calls lasts three hours long,

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and last calls lasts three hours long.

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and last calls lasts ‘til we see the sun.

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and last calls lasts ‘til the morning sun.

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and last calls lasts until...   the dawn.