[00:00.00]Love At The Five & Dime - Kathy Mattea
[00:14.50]Rita was sixteen years
[00:16.61]Hazel eyes and chestnut hair
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[00:20.77]She made the Woolworth counter shine
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[00:26.56]And Eddie was a sweet
[00:28.18]Romancer and a darn good dancer
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[00:33.27]They'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime
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[00:42.54]Now Eddie played the steel
[00:44.25]Guitar and his mama cried
[00:46.50]Cause he played in the bars
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[00:49.13]And kept young Rita out late at night
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[00:54.73]So they married up in Abilene
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[00:57.88]Lost a child in Tennessee
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[01:01.36]Oh still that love survived cause they'd sing
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[01:07.92]Dance a little closer to me
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[01:11.06]Dance a little closer now
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[01:14.25]Dance a little closer tonight
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[01:20.72]Dance a little closer to me
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[01:24.19]Cause it's closing time
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[01:26.17]And love's on sale tonight
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[01:28.51]At this five and dime
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[01:33.11]One of the boys in Eddie's band
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[01:35.99]Took a shine to Rita's hands
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[01:39.48]So Eddie ran off with the bass man's wife
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[01:45.93]Oh but he was back by
[01:47.86]June singing a different tune
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[01:52.30]And sporting Miss Rita
[01:53.61]Back by his side and he sang
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[01:58.81]Dance a little closer to me
[02:00.79]
[02:01.83]Dance a little closer now
[02:03.77]
[02:04.95]Dance a little closer tonight
[02:07.00]
[02:11.40]Dance a little closer to me cause it's closing time
[02:16.84]And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime
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[02:24.11]Eddie traveled with the barroom
[02:26.00]Bands till arthritis took his hands
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[02:30.43]Now he sells insurance on the side
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[02:37.10]And Rita's got a house to keep
[02:39.36]Dime store novels and a love so sweet
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[02:43.13]They dance to the radio late at night
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[02:48.09]And they sing
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[02:49.74]Dance a little closer to me
[02:51.63]
[02:52.73]Dance a little closer now
[02:54.95]
[02:55.96]Dance a little closer tonight
[02:58.07]
[03:02.55]Dance a little closer to me cause it's closing time
[03:07.89]And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime
[03:11.51]
[03:15.17]Dance a little closer to me
[03:17.15]
[03:18.26]Dance a little closer now
[03:20.49]
[03:21.43]Dance a little closer tonight
[03:23.58]
[03:27.89]Dance a little closer to me cause it's closing time
[03:33.40]And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime