[Verse 1] Birthday cake on the felt Candles bent in the heat Eight-ball waiting in the corner While the jukebox skips a beat Someone taped up the neon On the backroom door We came in for a couple Now we’re begging for one more [Pre-Chorus] Cold beer on the rail Shoes scuffing the floor You said, "Play it one more time" So we kicked it down some more The old man at the counter Just shook his head and smiled The room got loud as trouble And stayed that way a while [Chorus] Pool hall party Don’t let it die Pool hall party Till the blacktop sky Pool hall party We’re still alive Pool hall party At four a.m. tonight (four a.m. tonight) [Verse 2] Soda ring on the table Cue stick laid like a line Jenny sang the whole chorus With a Marlboro grin and shine Ray missed three straight shots Then he beat us all at spades Grandma’s on the tambourine From the couch in section A The cake got passed around Like a secret nobody keeps Frosting on our knuckles And ash in our teeth [Pre-Chorus] Cold beer on the rail Shoes scuffing the floor You said, "Play it one more time" So we kicked it down some more The old man at the counter Just shook his head and smiled The room got loud as trouble And stayed that way a while [Chorus] Pool hall party Don’t let it die Pool hall party Till the blacktop sky Pool hall party We’re still alive Pool hall party At four a.m. tonight (four a.m. tonight) [Bridge] The last slow tune got ragged Then it turned into a roar One voice, then ten voices Then a hundred from the floor If the sun comes early Let it find us here With cue chalk on our hands And our names still in the beer [Final Chorus] Pool hall party Don’t let it die Pool hall party Till the blacktop sky Pool hall party We’re still alive Pool hall party At four a.m. tonight Pool hall party One more time (one more time)
