someone took a grapefruit, wore it like a hat

(an ongoing, upbeat, staccato rhythm)

^ . ^ . ^ . Could've been the whiskey

^ . ^ . Might've been the gin

Could've been the three or four six-packs, I don't know,
but look at the mess I'm in

My head is like a football

I think I'm gonna die

Tell me, me oh, me oh my --
Wasn't that a party?!

Someone took a grapefruit

Wore it like a hat

I saw someone under my kitchen table
talkin' to my old tom cat
They were talking about hockey --
The cat was talking back!
'Long about then
everything went black.

Wasn't that a party....

     I'm sure it's just my memory
     Playin' tricks on me
     But I think I saw
     my buddy
     cuttin' down my
     neighbor's tree...(?!)

Could've been the whiskey
Might've been the gin
Could've been the three or four six-packs,
I don't know,
But look at the mess I'm in

My head is like a football --
I think I'm gonna die!
Tell me, me oh, me oh my --
Wasn't that a party

[Instrumental bridge]

     Billy, Joe, and Tommy --
     Well, they went a little far

     They were sittin' in
     my back yard
     blowing on a siren from
     somebody's PO - lice car!  -- 
So you see Your Honor --

It was all in fun.
That little bitty track meet
down on Main Street
was just to see if the cops could run

Well they run us in to see you
In an alcoholic haze
I sure can use those thirty days
to recover from the party.

Could've been the whiskey
Might've been the gin
Could've been the three or four six packs,
I don't know,
but look at the mess I'm in
My head is like a football
I think I'm gonna die.
Tell me, me oh, me oh my

Wasn't that a party

Could've been the whiskey
Might've been the gin
Could've been the three or four six packs
I don't know
but look at the mess I'm in,
My head's like a football
I think I'm gonna die --
Tell me, me oh, me oh my
Wasn't that a party...

Wasn't that a party

Wasn't that a party

Wasn't that a party

Wasn't that a party...

Oh! -- what party...

Mmmhh -- what a party

Hoo - hoo - hoo! what a party....

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{"Wasn't That A Party," The Irish Rovers, 1980}

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