This Afternoon is the eighth and final single from their sixth studio album Dark Horse. It was recorded in 2008 and released in March 2010.
The song has been a success on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number thirty-four. It is the band's highest charting single since "If Today Was Your Last Day". It became the band's 10th top-forty song.
Lyrics
Looking like another Bob Marley day
Hitting from the bong like a diesel train
And I'm down with hanging out
This afternoon
We got weeds in the backyard four feet tall
Cheech & Chong probably would'a smoked them all
So I'm out on the couch
This afternoon
Beer bottles layin' on the kitchen floor
If we take 'em all back we can buy some more
So I doubt we'll go without
This afternoon
You better hang on
If you're tagging along
'Cause we'll be doing this
'Til six in the morning
Nothing wrong with going all night long
Tough to put the brakes on
Doesn't matter when you gotta
Get up, and go out
Me and all my friends
We drink up, we fall down
And then we do it all again
Just sitting around
Hanging out this afternoon
Landlord says I should buy a tent
But he can kiss my ass 'cause I paid the rent
So I doubt he'll kick me out
This afternoon
Down on the corner in a seedy bar
Jukebox cranking out the CCR
Had a few to Susie Q
This afternoon
You better hang on
If you're tagging along
'Cause we'll be doing this
'Til six in the morning
Nothing wrong with going all night long
Tough to put the brakes on
Doesn't matter when you gotta
Get up, and go out
Me and all my friends
We drink up, we fall down
And then we do it all again
Yeah we get up, and go out
Me and all my friends
We drink up, we fall down
And then we do it all again
Just sitting around
Hanging out this afternoon
Don't wanna wrist watch
Or an alarm clock
To see what time it is
From the moment I wake up
I just love being with my friends
We barely get by
But have the best times
And hope it never ends
We drink all day
Until we fall down
So we can do it all again
It's not the human walk
It's the human race
If you ain't livin' on the edge
You're takin' too much space
So I doubt I'll figure out
Just what to do
'Bout to kick it around
Hangin' out this afternoon
You better hang on
If you're tagging along
'Cause we'll be doing this
'Til six in the morning
Nothing wrong with going all night long
Tough to put the brakes on
Doesn't matter when you gotta
Get up, and go out
Me and all my friends
We drink up, we fall down
And then we do it all again
Yeah we get up, and go out
Me and all my friends
We drink up, we fall down
And then we do it all again
Just kicking around
Hanging out this afternoon
Sitting around
Hanging out this afternoon (Last call, you sons of bitches!)
Just kicking around
Hanging out this afternoon
Yeah, just sitting around
Hanging out this afternoon (Drinks on the house!)
Just kicking around
Hanging out this afternoon
Just sitting around
Hanging out this afternoon
