Damien Dempsey – Party On lyrics

Doin' E, doin' speed, doin' cocaine,
Mix it with alcohol and go insane,
In the morning the edge of the knife,
Where the hell is the bright side of life?
It's a farcical high for a few hours,
Then you're blind and you can't see the bright flowers,
Or the life of a child and the glee,
If you splurge then I know you'll agree,
Turns you into a shell of what you used to be,
All the weak shit you're living in a fantasy,
Fantasise 'bout the party to come,
Then your day-life just doesn't seem fun,
I'm not telling you how to do your thing,
I'm just laying down the facts about indulging,
How the shit goin' round can become,
Your controller, your dictator, your one...

I'm giving it up I swear in the New Year...
No more of that for me, you'll see...
I'm gonna be going straight I can't wait...
Until this year is gone, party on...

Coming down on the ground in a small house,
You're a man but you feel like a small mouse,
Not so long ago you felt like a king,
Someone give my psychiatrist a ring,
I've no bread and I feel feckin' brain-dead,
All alone in a room full of E-heads,
Feel so hollow and sickily and worthless,
There's no cure in the mosques or the churches,
I met strangers who barely six hours ago,
Were the best friends I thought that I'd ever know,
Now they're strangers again 'cos I'm down,
And I won't say 'hello' if I see them in town...

I'm giving it up I swear in the New Year..
No more of that for me, you'll see...
I'm gonna be going straight I can't wait...
Until this year is gone, party on...