Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes
and Chestnut hair.
She made the Woolworth counter shine.
And Eddie was a sweet romancer and darn good dancer.
And they'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime.
And they'd sing:
CHORUS:
Dance a little closer to me.
Dance a little closer now.
Dance a little closer tonight.
Dance a little closer to me.
Hey, its closing time and love's on sale tonight at this five and dime.
Eddie played the steel guitar
and his momma cried 'cause he played in the bars.
And he kept young Rita out late at night.
So they married up in Abeline
Lost a child in Tennessee.
'Cause they'd sing:
CHORUS
One of the boy's in Eddie's band took a shine at Rita's hand.
So Eddie ran off with the bass-man's wife.
Oh, but he was back by June Singin' a different tune.
And He'd sing:
CHORUS
Eddie traveled with the bar room men.
'Til arthritis took his hands.
Now he sells insurance on the side.
And Rita's got her house to keep.
She writes dime store novels of the love so sweet.
They dance to the radio late at night.
And still sing:
CHORUS
(First verse again)
🎵 LRC歌词版本
[00:13.32]Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes
[00:16.95]and Chestnut hair.
[00:19.71]She made the Woolworth counter shine.
[00:25.53]And Eddie was a sweet romancer and darn good dancer.
[00:31.74]And they'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime.
[00:37.50]And they'd sing:
[00:37.77]CHORUS:
[00:38.04]Dance a little closer to me.
[00:41.13]Dance a little closer now.
[00:44.31]Dance a little closer tonight.
[00:50.40]Dance a little closer to me.
[00:53.88]Hey, its closing time and love's on sale tonight at this five and dime.
[01:02.70]Eddie played the steel guitar
[01:04.77]and his momma cried 'cause he played in the bars.
[01:08.85]And he kept young Rita out late at night.
[01:14.76]So they married up in Abeline
[01:16.35]Lost a child in Tennessee.
[01:25.83]'Cause they'd sing:
[01:43.14]CHORUS
[01:51.81]One of the boy's in Eddie's band took a shine at Rita's hand.
[01:58.32]So Eddie ran off with the bass-man's wife.
[02:01.53]Oh, but he was back by June Singin' a different tune.
[02:18.06]And He'd sing:
[02:32.64]CHORUS
[03:06.33]Eddie traveled with the bar room men.
[03:09.24]'Til arthritis took his hands.
[03:12.51]Now he sells insurance on the side.
[03:19.05]And Rita's got her house to keep.
[03:21.00]She writes dime store novels of the love so sweet.
[03:25.20]They dance to the radio late at night.
[04:14.61]And still sing:
[04:15.03]CHORUS
[04:28.56](First verse again)
Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes
and Chestnut hair.
She made the Woolworth counter shine.
And Eddie was a sweet romancer and darn good dancer.
And they'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime.
And they'd sing:
CHORUS:
Dance a little closer to me.
Dance a little closer now.
Dance a little closer tonight.
Dance a little closer to me.
Hey, its closing time and love's on sale tonight at this five and dime.
Eddie played the steel guitar
and his momma cried 'cause he played in the bars.
And he kept young Rita out late at night.
So they married up in Abeline
Lost a child in Tennessee.
'Cause they'd sing:
CHORUS
One of the boy's in Eddie's band took a shine at Rita's hand.
So Eddie ran off with the bass-man's wife.
Oh, but he was back by June Singin' a different tune.
And He'd sing:
CHORUS
Eddie traveled with the bar room men.
'Til arthritis took his hands.
Now he sells insurance on the side.
And Rita's got her house to keep.
She writes dime store novels of the love so sweet.
They dance to the radio late at night.
And still sing:
CHORUS
(First verse again)
🎵 LRC歌词版本
[00:13.32]Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes
[00:16.95]and Chestnut hair.
[00:19.71]She made the Woolworth counter shine.
[00:25.53]And Eddie was a sweet romancer and darn good dancer.
[00:31.74]And they'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime.
[00:37.50]And they'd sing:
[00:37.77]CHORUS:
[00:38.04]Dance a little closer to me.
[00:41.13]Dance a little closer now.
[00:44.31]Dance a little closer tonight.
[00:50.40]Dance a little closer to me.
[00:53.88]Hey, its closing time and love's on sale tonight at this five and dime.
[01:02.70]Eddie played the steel guitar
[01:04.77]and his momma cried 'cause he played in the bars.
[01:08.85]And he kept young Rita out late at night.
[01:14.76]So they married up in Abeline
[01:16.35]Lost a child in Tennessee.
[01:25.83]'Cause they'd sing:
[01:43.14]CHORUS
[01:51.81]One of the boy's in Eddie's band took a shine at Rita's hand.
[01:58.32]So Eddie ran off with the bass-man's wife.
[02:01.53]Oh, but he was back by June Singin' a different tune.
[02:18.06]And He'd sing:
[02:32.64]CHORUS
[03:06.33]Eddie traveled with the bar room men.
[03:09.24]'Til arthritis took his hands.
[03:12.51]Now he sells insurance on the side.
[03:19.05]And Rita's got her house to keep.
[03:21.00]She writes dime store novels of the love so sweet.
[03:25.20]They dance to the radio late at night.
[04:14.61]And still sing:
[04:15.03]CHORUS
[04:28.56](First verse again)
Oh, I'm sailing away, my own true love
I'm sailing away in the morning
Is there something I can send you from across the sea?
From the place where I'l...
Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes
and Chestnut hair.
She made the Woolworth counter shine.
And Eddie was a sweet romancer and darn good dancer.
And t...
(Tom Waits)
Never saw the morning till I stayed up all night
Never saw the sunshine till I turned out the light
Never saw my hometown till I stayed aw...
Once there was a tree....
and she loved a little boy.
And everyday the boy would come
and he would gather her leaves
and make them into crowns
and pla...
(Nanci Griffith - James Hooker)
I don't wanna talk about love
'cause I've heard it before ...
And it talks too loud
You can hear it in a disco midnigh...
The sun, the moon and the stars
they make the wind blow
It took me twenty years to understand
Lost to me are how the lives of friends go
like autumn l...
Well, I work this corner from eleven to five
The hands get cold around midnight
You're askin' me if I've got the time... well I don't know
But you're ...
(Nanci Griffith)
Nothing that I've ever seen
Now means much of anything
In traveling through this part of you
And the Vietnam that I had dreamed
The p...