Two Hundred Seats and a Candy Counter

Lyrics

Friday night and the marquee's buzzing
Half the letters flicker blue
Ticket booth with a bell that rings
For every one or two
Two hundred seats of faded velvet
Every one with a name
Mine is third row, on the aisle
Where I first felt the flame

Two hundred seats and a candy counter
Popcorn gold in the lobby light
Everybody knows each other
Nobody leaves till the end of the night
Dim the lamps and let it play
We'll laugh together anyway
Two hundred seats and a candy counter
That's my little town on a Friday night

Mrs. Delaney sells the licorice
Pours a soda with a grin
Teenagers share a bucket
Pretending it's not a thing
The usher's torch makes a little circle
Finds a coat or a lost shoe
Every show's a kind of homecoming
And the town comes through

Two hundred seats and a candy counter
Popcorn gold in the lobby light
Everybody knows each other
Nobody leaves till the end of the night
Dim the lamps and let it play
We'll laugh together anyway
Two hundred seats and a candy counter
That's my little town on a Friday night

Let the big cities have their screens
Their stadium of sound
We have a curtain, and a bell
And a place to be found

Two hundred seats and a candy counter
Popcorn gold in the lobby light
Everybody knows each other
Nobody leaves till the end of the night
Dim the lamps and let it play
We'll laugh together anyway
Two hundred seats and a candy counter
That's my little town on a Friday night

Roll the picture, ring the bell
Everyone I love as well
Two hundred seats and one small town
Dim the lamps, and settle down