Slow Country Dance

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Mary Chapin Carpenter

Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is an American folk and country music singer, songwriter and musician. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C. clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records, who marketed her as a country singer. Carpenter's first album, 1987's Hometown Girl, did not produce any singles, although 1989's State of the Heart and 1990's Shooting Straight in the Dark each produced four Top 20 hits on the Billboard country singles charts. more »

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1989

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Out on the floor the couples are swinging
To one Faded Love on the jukebox tonight 
You slide in your coins 
And the music keeps playing 
A slow country dance 
On a Saturday night

Sweethearts in love and others just lonely 
Searching for someone to waltz with tonight 
In a smoky old bar you know that it's only 
A slow country dance 
On a Saturday night

And love's never easy or ever as true 
When the changing of partners 
Is no longer new 
You lead with your heart and closing your eyes 
Dance just to dance 
In three-quarter time

Down at the bar a woman tells stories 
Batting her eyes to someone not there 
Her glass is half full or maybe half empty 
Like the jokes told about her 
When they think she can't hear

And now the perfume is cheap and the makeup is careless 
And the dress out of fashion for a woman her age 
But she don't give a damn for those who would cherish 
A much lighter step and a much younger face

And love's never easy or ever as true 
When the changing of partners 
Is no longer new 
You lead with your heart and closing your eyes 
Dance just to dance 
In three-quarter time

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