Love At The Five And Dine

Rita was sixteen years

Hazel eyes and chestnut hair

She made the Woolworth counter shine

And Eddie was a sweet

Romancer and a darn good dancer

They'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime

Now Eddie played the steel

Guitar and his mama cried

Cause he played in the bars

And kept young Rita out late at night

So they married up in Abilene

Lost a child in Tennessee

Oh still that love survived cause they'd sing

Dance a little closer to me

Dance a little closer now

Dance a little closer tonight

Dance a little closer to me

Cause it's closing time

And love's on sale tonight

At this five and dime

One of the boys in Eddie's band

Took a shine to Rita's hands

So Eddie ran off with the bass man's wife

Oh but he was back by

June singing a different tune

And sporting Miss Rita

Back by his side and he sang

Dance a little closer to me

Dance a little closer now

Dance a little closer tonight

Dance a little closer to me cause it's closing time

And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime

Eddie traveled with the barroom

Bands till arthritis took his hands

Now he sells insurance on the side

And Rita's got a house to keep

Dime store novels and a love so sweet

They dance to the radio late at night

And they sing

Dance a little closer to me

Dance a little closer now

Dance a little closer tonight

Dance a little closer to me cause it's closing time

And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime

Dance a little closer to me

Dance a little closer now

Dance a little closer tonight

Dance a little closer to me cause it's closing time

And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime