Roaring On

I left my home in Minnesota

To escape a kind of restlessness

I couldn't shake after the war

And when I stepped off of the train at Pennsylvania Station

I felt that restlessness even more

All of New York City wanted what was coming next

Everyone was lookin' for what I was lookin' for

Tonight let's misbehave

And take what happens to the grave

No matter what you crave

The city's reignited

The Great War has been won

The bacchanalia has begun

Manhattan's come undone

And everyone's invited

Where's the party and can you take me there?

And when the party's over, can you find another party somewhere?

We live for today, we pay off the cops

And today is never over if the party never stops

Where's the party and can you take me there?

And when the party's over, can you find another party somewhere?

We live for today, we pay off the cops

And when you think the party stops

The party's roaring on!

The party's roaring on!

And we'll beat on and on and on and on

And on and on and on

The practical thing was to find rooms in Manhattan. Turns out

Manhattan is expensive. So when I heard of a cottage on the grounds of a Long Island mansion for 80 bucks a month, I jumped on it!

A rumor's goin' round

About a mansion on the Sound

The city's found another John Jacob Astor

He opens up his place

Then disappears without a trace

His parties set the pace

And he takes it faster

Where's the party and can you take me there?

And when the party's over, can you find another party somewhere?

We live for today, we pay off the cops

And when you think the party stops

The party's roaring on!

The party's roaring on!

And we'll beat on and on and on and on

And on and on and on

One evening I went down to the shoreline

Here is what I'll never forget

There was my neighbor

Standing in silhouette

He was reaching 'cross the water

His arm stretched to the sky

And then he was gone

And I was left to wonder why

I turned back to my cottage

What was he reaching for?

Then a letter from my neighbor

Fell to the floor

"The honor would be entirely mine if you would attend my next little party

Yours

Jay Gatsby"

The very first time I saw Gatsby's name

If only I knew then that I would never be the same

Where's the party and can you take me there?

He hypnotized the city

Yeah, take me there

We were drawn to him like moths to a flame

Was there some other way

Some other way

This all could have gone?

This all could've gone

Before he crossed the Rubicon

Woo!

The party's roaring on

He had the world at his feet

The party's roaring on

Oh, he made the summer beat on and on and on

Oh, we beat on and on and on and on and on and on

The party's roaring on

The party's roaring on

The party's roaring on

The party's roaring on

And we'll beat on and on and on and on

And on

And on

And on

And on

And on

And on

And on