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 looking for what I was looking 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
Oh, we 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's 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 going 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
Then 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
Oh, we 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 arms 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"

(Oh)
The very first time (oh oh oh oh)
I saw Gatsby's name (oh oh oh!)
If only I knew then
That I would never be the same (be the same)

(Where's the party and can you take me there?)
He hypnotized the city (yeah)
We were drawn to him like moths to a flame (take me there)
Was there some other way (some other way)
This all could've gone (this all could've gone)
Before we crossed the Rubicon? (Whoo!)

(The party's roaring on)
He had the world at his feet
(The party's roaring on)
Oh, he made the summer beat
(Oh, we beat) on, and on and 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 on)
(Oh we beat on, and on)
(And on, and on)
And on! (And on)
And on! (And on, and on)
And on!
And on! (And on!)