[00:01.850]
[00:14.200]Rita was sixteen years
[00:16.310]Hazel eyes and chestnut hair
[00:18.700]
[00:20.470]She made the Woolworth counter shine
[00:22.560]
[00:26.260]And Eddie was a sweet
[00:27.880]Romancer and a darn good dancer
[00:31.620]
[00:32.970]They'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime
[00:35.740]
[00:42.240]Now Eddie played the steel
[00:43.950]Guitar and his mama cried
[00:46.200]Cause he played in the bars
[00:47.820]
[00:48.830]And kept young Rita out late at night
[00:51.360]
[00:54.430]So they married up in Abilene
[00:56.250]
[00:57.580]Lost a child in Tennessee
[00:59.330]
[01:01.060]Oh  still that love survived cause they'd sing
[01:06.890]
[01:07.620]Dance a little closer to me
[01:09.580]
[01:10.760]Dance a little closer now
[01:12.600]
[01:13.950]Dance a little closer tonight
[01:15.850]
[01:20.420]Dance a little closer to me
[01:22.330]
[01:23.890]Cause it's closing time
[01:25.280]
[01:25.870]And love's on sale tonight
[01:27.620]
[01:28.210]At this five and dime
[01:29.560]
[01:32.810]One of the boys in Eddie's band
[01:34.610]
[01:35.690]Took a shine to Rita's hands
[01:37.660]
[01:39.180]So Eddie ran off with the bass man's wife
[01:41.900]
[01:45.630]Oh  but he was back by
[01:47.560]June singing a different tune
[01:50.170]
[01:52.000]And sporting Miss Rita
[01:53.310]Back by his side and he sang
[01:57.420]
[01:58.510]Dance a little closer to me
[02:00.490]
[02:01.530]Dance a little closer now
[02:03.470]
[02:04.650]Dance a little closer tonight
[02:06.700]
[02:11.100]Dance a little closer to me cause it's closing time
[02:16.540]And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime
[02:20.250]
[02:23.810]Eddie traveled with the barroom
[02:25.700]Bands till arthritis took his hands
[02:28.380]
[02:30.130]Now he sells insurance on the side
[02:32.220]
[02:36.800]And Rita's got a house to keep
[02:39.060]Dime store novels and a love so sweet
[02:41.890]
[02:42.830]They dance to the radio late at night
[02:45.630]
[02:47.790]And they sing
[02:48.490]
[02:49.440]Dance a little closer to me
[02:51.330]
[02:52.430]Dance a little closer now
[02:54.650]
[02:55.660]Dance a little closer tonight
[02:57.770]
[03:02.250]Dance a little closer to me cause it's closing time
[03:07.590]And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime
[03:11.210]
[03:14.870]Dance a little closer to me
[03:16.850]
[03:17.960]Dance a little closer now
[03:20.190]
[03:21.130]Dance a little closer tonight
[03:23.280]
[03:27.590]Dance a little closer to me cause it's closing time
[03:33.100]And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime