Hurricane Party James McMurtry

[Verse 1]
The hurricane party's windin' down
And we're all waitin' for the end
And I don't want another drink
I only want that last one again
It gave me such a fine glow, smoky and slow
Now I should probably be homeward bound
There's just no one to talk to
When the lines go down

[Verse 2]
I guess that in the morning I'll go lookin'
For my gray-striped cat
My old house can take the weather
So I'm not too concerned about that
It was built to take the wind back in nineteen-and-ten
When this was one damned fine town
But now there's no one to talk to
When the lines go down

[Verse 3]
Candles flickered on the back bar
And the buildin' was shakin' with the wind
I bought a whiskey for the gypsy
And she turned my leather back into skin
Just a fleeting sense of that rare suspense
I once thought made the world go around
But now there's no one to talk to
When the lines go down