You left a cooler
at out house one night.
So we're keeping it full of ice.
On your advice.
Blue ribbons and red wine
You know it's hard to find the right line

That does justice to the crime
Now the justice has declined
To take the stand this time
Well all the wasted space is mine
Yeah I hardly have the right to sing about it

(Chorus)
Trick night and Halloween
An April Fool's bad dream
Cigar smoke over the moon
And you were leaving way too soon
Cheeto's and a hundred proof
Martinis on the roof
Cheeto's and a hundred proof
Martinis on the roof
And you were leaving too soon

You caught every book they threw
At you and your single malt recruits
With a Pipe shirt over your suit
Now the judges they love you too

And now we're crying in the house
Watching basketball on the couch
And we're trying to work it out
Yeah we're all trying to work it out
But you would not have us pout
Or sing about it

(Chorus)

Yeah you left too soon


Lyrics submitted by nuclearjew, edited by Dingo16

Martinis On The Roof Lyrics as written by Ralph Lee Mccaughan Laura Jane Ballance

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    Read an interview a while back with the band in which this song came up. It's actually about a friend of the band's who was killed in an automobile accident. Supposedly when Mac sang it for the first time the rest of the band was in tears. For years I thought it was just a party tune, and after reading that, it has a whole new depth and poignancy.

    8stringfanon May 16, 2013   Link
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    I'm probably a bit off base on these lyrics. My wife thinks it's "Trick Night on Halloween".

    nuclearjewon October 26, 2010   Link
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    I tried to transcribe this about 10 years and gave up because of the fool I would make of myself with the chorus. I always went back and forth between:

    Chivas at a hundred proof or Cheetos and a hundred proof

    Chivas makes sense with the 'single malt recruit' line, but it really sounds like Mac is saying Cheetos. And I don't think they make a Chivas that's 100 proof.

    crispingsleeveon July 24, 2014   Link

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