We travel down the road, we travel round the world
We try to learn the secrets that no other men have heard
And so I follow every road, and I believe in every word
And I try to find a reason for closing time

And I was once so young, and this world was such a place
And I had never seen the dark room, and fear had never seen my face
But then the time moved on so fast, and everything began to change
Separated by a lifetime, from closing time

It's closing time, but I am not prepared to wait
The truth I've found is one I'm not prepared to face
I'm still the person that I always was before
Slightly more cynical, slightly more bored

And you are still alive, but you feel such a fake
cos they're calling you a genius, but you were only just awake
And now the days go on too long, and now your mind begins to fail
Understand it for the first time, at closing time

It's closing time, but I am not prepared to wait
The truth I've found is one I'm not prepared to face
I'm still the person that I always was before
Slightly more cynical, slightly more bored

But there's still money to be had, there's still a profit to be made
I tried a million times to steal you but you still wanted to be paid
And now I find I'm not so young, but now I know I'm not afraid
I can offer you a lifetime, at closing time

It's closing time, but I am not prepared to wait
The truth I've found is one I'm not prepared to face
I'm still the person that I always was before
Slightly more cynical, slightly more bored

Closing Time 2019

I began my musical experience many moons ago (I'm now 47) on Euphonium and Piano in classical ensembles before moving on to guitar, bass guitar. keyboards and singing in both alternative and covers bands. Over the years I've performed in venues as varied as the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Dorchester Hotel, as well as lots of considerably smaller places that don't start with the word Royal.

In 2009 I was diagnosed with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and my condition has now progressed to a stage where I now routinely use a wheelchair and no longer have the dexterity to play either guitar or piano. I can though still write songs, sing and use a DAW (in my case cubase).

These songs are a mixture of totally new recordings, old recordings with new parts and remastered studio demos. The old recordings I'm adding parts to are primarily some acoustic demos I recorded around 2005 which does mean that whenever I add harmony vocals I'm effectively duetting with a (much) younger me who could play (and is playing) acoustic guitar and piano

Various other people have also been writing and recording parts to add to these original recordings and anyone that would like to is entirely welcome to become involved with either songs posted here or those still in the pipeline. Feel free to message me about songs you'd like to be involved with or any other form of collaboration. Unless otherwise stated all songs were written by Greenhouses for Beginners.

Closing Time 2019

Tony Metcalfe