[ti:Slow Country Dance] [ar:Mary Chapin Carpenter] [al:State Of The Heart] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Slow Country Dance (Album Version) - Mary Chapin Carpenter [00:09.79]Out on the floor [00:11.73] [00:12.45]The couples [00:14.20]Are swing [00:15.15] [00:15.71]To one faded Love on the jukebox tonight [00:21.46] [00:22.29]You slide in your coins [00:25.48]And the music keeps playing [00:28.39] [00:28.93]A slow country dance [00:32.06]On a Saturday night [00:35.06] [00:37.69]Sweethearts in love [00:40.66]And others just lonely [00:43.29] [00:44.28]Searching for someone to waltz with tonight [00:49.65] [00:50.31]In a smoky old bar you know that it's only [00:57.05]A slow country dance [01:00.18]On a Saturday night [01:03.22] [01:05.41]And loves never easy or ever as true [01:11.68]When the changing of partners [01:15.24]Is no longer new [01:18.62] [01:20.23]You lead with your heart and closing your eyes [01:26.38] [01:26.93]Dance just to dance [01:29.71] [01:30.22]In three quarter time [01:32.86] [01:42.37]Down at the bar a woman tells stories [01:48.09] [01:48.85]Batting her eyes to someone not there [01:54.11] [01:55.02]Her class is half full or maybe half empty [02:01.26]Like the jokes told about her [02:04.33] [02:04.90]When they think she can't hear [02:07.19] [02:09.30]And now the perfume is cheap and the make up is careless [02:16.41]And the dress out of fashion for a woman her age [02:22.50] [02:23.01]But she don't give a d**n for those who would cherish [02:29.75]A much lighter step and a much younger face [02:37.00] [02:38.10]And loves never easy or ever as true [02:44.33]When the changing of partners [02:47.91]Is no longer new [02:51.25] [02:52.90]You lead with your heart and closing your eyes [02:59.28] [02:59.79]Dance just to dance [03:02.88]In three quarter time [03:05.76] [03:36.21]Out on the floor [03:38.07] [03:39.23]The couples [03:40.93]Are swing [03:42.59]To one faded Love [03:45.86] [03:46.56]On the jukebox tonight