It was the last night of the 20th Century And the party was going strong Champagne, beer wine and whisky Everyone was totally gone 2am in the morning I see a stranger walking in Said his name was Charlie and somebody'd sent for him Then everybody's laughing, everybody's high Everybody's laughing, but I don't know why I'd never seen such a queue for the bathroom Since I hung out at The Sunset Bar And that line of Californian denial Didn't stretch even halfway as far I never had so many people boring me to d**h Am I the only fool that needs to go to bed? 'Cause everybody's laughing, everybody's high Everybody's laughing, but I don't know why Just wanna die If you're staring in the face of temptation But it don't blow your skirt up high You're naive to the situation 'Til your friends get that look in their eyes 'Cause when they ask the question Why I never had a try, I said "Take a look around the room, you'll see the reason why!" 'Cause everybody's laughing, everybody's high Everybody's laughing, but I don't know why Don't know why 'Cause everybody's laughing, everybody's high Everybody's laughing, but I don't know why No I don't know why 'Cause everybody's laughing, everybody's high Everybody's laughing, but I don't know why 'Cause everybody's laughing, everybody's high Everybody's laughing, but I don't know why