Semisonic - Closing Time

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Closing Time is a song by American rock band Semisonic. It was released on March 10, 1998, as the lead single from their second studio album, Feeling Strangely Fine, and began to receive mainstream radio airplay on April 27, 1998. The ballad was written by Dan Wilson and produced by Nick Launay.
The single reached number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and entered the top 50 in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards in 1999. The song reappeared on the charts of three countries in 2011 after being featured in the movie Friends with Benefits and "Doomsday", an 8th season episode of the television sitcom The Office. It attained its highest chart peaks in Australia and Ireland during this period.
The song is about people leaving a bar at closing time (also called last call), and widely interpreted as such.

Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Closing time, open all the doors and let you out into the world
Closing time, turn all of the lights on over every boy and every girl
Closing time, one last call for alcohol, so finish your whiskey or beer
Closing time, you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here

[Chorus]
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home

[Verse 2]
Closing time, time for you to go out to the places you will be from
Closing time, this room won't be open 'til your brothers or your sisters come
So gather up your jackets, move it to the exits, I hope you have found a friend
Closing time, every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end, yeah

[Chorus]
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
Closing time, time for you to go out to the places you will be from

[Chorus]
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home (Ah)

[Outro]
Closing time, every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

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