1 {title:Love at the Five and Dime}
5 [C]Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and chestnut hair
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6 [F]She really made the Woolworth counter shine
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7 [C]Eddie was a sweet romancer, and a damn fine dancer
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8 [F]They'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime
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10 [C]Eddie played the steel guitar, and his mama cried cuz he played in the bars
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11 [F]And kept young Rita out late at night
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12 [C]So they married up in Abilene, lost a child in Tennessee
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13 [F]Still that love survived, 'cause they'd sing
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18 [C]Dance a little closer to me, [Dm] dance a little closer now
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19 [C]Dance a little closer tonight[Dm]
20 [C]Dance a little closer to me, [Dm]'cause it's closing time
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21 [G]And love's on sale tonight at this five and [C] dime
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24 One of the boys in Eddie's band took a shine to Rita's hands
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25 So Eddie ran off with the bass man's wife
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26 Oh but he was back by June, singin' a different tune
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27 And sportin' miss Rita back by is side. And he sang...
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31 Eddie traveled with the barroom bands till arthritis took his hands
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32 Now he sells insurance on the side
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33 Rita's got a house to keep, writes dimestore novels of a love so sweet
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34 They dance to the radio late at night. And they sing:
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38 Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and chestnut hair
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39 She really made the Woolworth counter shine
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40 Eddie was a sweet romancer, and a darn good dancer
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41 And they'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime...
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