RITA WAS SIXTEEN
YEARS
HAZEL EYES AND
CHESTNUT HAIR
SHE MADE THE
WOOLWORTH COUNTER
SHINE
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
HIS MAMA CRIED
'CAUSE HE PLAYED
THE BARS
AND KEPT YOUNG RITA
OUT LATE AT NIGHT
SO THEY MARRIED
UP IN ABILENE
LOST A CHILD
IN TENNESSEE
OH AND 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 HAND
SO EDDIE RAN OFF WITH
THE BASS MAN'S WIFE
OH BUT HE WAS BACK
BY JUNE
SINGING A DIFFERENT
TUNE
AND SPORTIN' 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 LOVE SO SWEET
THEY DANCE
TO THE RADIO
LATE AT NIGHT
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