Slow Country Dance Lyrics - Carpenter Mary-chapin

Out on the floor the couples are swaying 

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 

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 

Out on the floor the couples are swaying 

To "One Faded Love" on the jukebox tonight