This Afternoon

{{Infobox song | image   = Dark+Horse.jpg | video   = Nickelback - This Afternoon | album   = Dark Horse

| released = March 2010 | recorded = March–July 2008 | length  = 4:34 | label   = Roadrunner | writer  = Chad Kroeger Robert John "Mutt" Lange Mike Kroeger Ryan Peake

| previous = Shakin' Hands (2009) | next    = When We Stand Together (2011)

| details = 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
| 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

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