Kathy Mattea - Love At The Five And Dime & Where Have You Been Live @ The Grand Ole Opry 10-4-2019

Rita was 16 years Hazel eyes and chestnut hair She made the Woolworth counter shine And Eddie was a sweet romancer And a darn good dancer And they'd watch the eyes of their father die Now Eddie played the steel guitar And his mama cried So they married up in Aberdeen Lost a child in Tennessee Oh, it's still a lot of survive And they'd say 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 Love's on sale tonight At this five o'clock Oh, Eddie's in Eddie's bed Took a shine to Rita's hair So Eddie ran off and faced Ram's wife Oh, but he was back by June Singing a different tune And sporting Miss Rita back by his side And he said Dance a little closer to me Dance a little closer now Dance a little closer tonight Oh, we love it when you say Dance a little closer to me Cause it's closing time Love's on sale tonight At this five o'clock Eddie traveled with the ballroom bands Till arthritis took his hands And now he sells insurance on the side And Rita's got a house to keep Dine-to-store novels on love so sweet They danced in the radio late at night And 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 o'clock 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 o'clock Oh, love's on sale tonight At this five o'clock Claire had a winged sheen And when fell in love She touched his face And shook her head In disbelief she sighed and said In many dreams I've held you near But now at last you're really here Where've you been? I've looked for you forever and a day Where've you been? I'm just not myself when you're away He asked her for her hand for life And she became a salesman's wife He was home each night by eight But one stormy evening he was late Her frightened tears fell to the floor Until his key turned in the door Where've you been? I've looked for you forever and a day Where've you been? I'm just not myself when you're away They'd never spent a night apart For sixty years she heard him snore Now they're in a hospital In separate beds on different floors Claire soon lost her memory Forgot the names of family She never spoke a word again Then one day they wheeled him in He held her hand and stroked her hair In a fragile voice she said Where've you been? I've looked for you forever and a day Where've you been? I'm just not myself when you're away No, I'm just not myself when you're away