Psalm For The Elks Lodge Last Call

Let the waitress put the chairs up
Let the glasses that you broke
Form a picture of our leader
With a halo made of smoke

Let the golden oldies station
Crackle and come through
With a final benediction
We'll hum along to

Before we say goodnight

Let our talk about the ball game
And the weather show we care
Like a sound we didn't notice
Until it stopped and left us there

With the traffic and our heartbeats
Beating in straight time
Let our hatred and affection
March in the same line

Before we say goodnight

Oh, protect our secret handshake
Once more with feeling
Let the toast to absent members
Push through the ceiling

Before we say goodnight
Before we say goodnight
Before we say goodnight