Love At The Five And Dime (Live|1988 Anderson Fair)-Nanci Griffith

[ti:Love At The Five And Dime (Live 1988 Anderson Fair)] [ar:Nanci Griffith] [al:From A Distance: The Very Best Of Nanci Griffith] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Love At The Five And Dime (Live 1988 Anderson Fair) - Nanci Griffith [02:30.19]Rita was sixteen years [02:31.96] [02:32.50]Hazel eyes and chestnut hair [02:35.25] [02:36.54]She made the Woolworth counter shine [02:38.95] [02:42.87]Eddie was a sweet romancer [02:46.78]And a darn good dancer [02:49.09] [02:49.65]They'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime [02:52.32] [02:54.61]They'd sing "Dance a little closer to me [02:58.71] [02:59.70]Dance a little closer now [03:03.33]Dance a little closer tonight [03:06.02] [03:10.05]Dance a little closer to me [03:12.38] [03:13.62]It's closing time [03:15.42]And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime [03:19.34] [03:23.75]Eddie played the steel guitar and his mama [03:26.43]Cried 'cuz he played in the bars [03:28.79] [03:30.15]And kept young Rita out late at night [03:33.16] [03:36.58]So they married up in Abilene [03:40.05]Lost a child in Tennessee [03:41.60] [03:44.68]Still that love survived [03:45.80] [03:48.69]And they'd sing [03:50.40]Dance a little closer to me [03:52.61] [03:53.77]Hey dance a little closer now [03:56.38] [03:57.36]Dance a little closer tonight [04:00.00] [04:04.11]Dance a little closer to me [04:06.95] [04:07.66]Hey it's closing time [04:09.52]And love's on sale [04:10.88]Tonight at this five and dime [04:13.25] [04:17.19]One of the boys in Eddie's band [04:19.60] [04:20.58]Took a shine to Rita's hands [04:22.56] [04:24.00]So Eddie ran off with the bass man's wife [04:26.81] [04:30.98]Oh' but he was back by June [04:33.62] [04:34.28]Singin' a different tune [04:35.86] [04:37.68]And sportin' Miss Rita back by his side [04:40.30] [04:42.62]And they'd sing [04:44.28]Dance a little closer to me [04:46.91] [04:47.68]Hey dance a little closer now [04:49.98] [04:51.15]Dance a little closer tonight [04:53.55] [04:57.99]Dance a little closer to me [05:00.60] [05:01.51]Hey it's closing time [05:03.23]And love's on sale [05:05.12]Tonight at this five and dime [05:07.64] [05:37.27]Eddie traveled with the barroom bands [05:39.84] [05:40.62]Till arthritis took his hands [05:42.94] [05:43.89]Now he sells insurance on the side [05:47.05] [05:50.92]Rita's got a house to keep dime store [05:54.38]Novels and a love so sweet [05:56.34] [05:57.54]They dance to the radio late at night [06:00.31] [06:02.59]And they'd sing [06:04.28]Dance a little closer to me [06:06.53] [06:07.23]Hey dance a little closer now [06:10.27] [06:11.43]Dance a little closer tonight [06:13.68] [06:18.10]Dance a little closer to me [06:20.92] [06:21.68]Hey it's closing time [06:23.59]And love's on sale [06:25.29]Tonight at this five and dime [06:27.34] [06:31.77]Rita was sixteen years [06:33.81] [06:34.55]Hazel eyes and chestnut hair [06:37.43] [06:38.25]She made the Woolworth counter shine [06:40.41] [06:44.84]And Eddie was a sweet romancer [06:47.64] [06:48.84]And a darn good dancer [06:50.73] [06:51.68]And they waltzed the aisles of the five and dime [06:55.33] [06:59.42]They'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime [07:01.48] [07:05.30]They'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime