SPEAKEASY

Peter Allen



Where are you when no one else knows where you are
Lost in a crowd and heading straight for a bar
In a fancy club with a staircase going down
In an old gin joint way on the wrong side of town
Speakeasy / speakeasy
Ooh, oh oh oh, speakeasy / speak…..easy

Where are you when no one else knows where you’ve been
Where you’ve been
You’re having the best time since original sin
Leading a lost life heading nowhere fast, nowhere fast
Not much of a future if you check out my past
Speakeasy

How will you know, when you’re there
No signs anywhere, but if you dare
Knock twice, turn the key, say joe sent me
And let the good times begin, if they’ll only let you in

Might as well rub shoulders with the lower set
Don’t be surprised about how low they can get
Wanna dance with a gal who never got called for hire
Called for hire
We’ve got everything right here that you desire
You desire
At the speakeasy, speakeasy, speakeasy, yeah

Alcohol is not sold there
But they supply, cause we demand
Bath tub scotch and gin, guaranteed genuine
Get the party’s low down
Get the party’s low down
Get the party’s low down 
When you want to drink a drink in this town

No matter who you think you are in the daylight hours
When night time falls this is where your dark side flowers
Wanna dance with a gal who never got called for hire
Called for hire
You’ve got everything right here that you desire
You desire
Or are you required to set the night on fire
At the speakeasy


(Contributed by rpstefani - April 2006)