Track 1 of the album Mile Marker Zero · 2016
Long After the Last Slow Song
“Driving past the old high school with the gym doors open, I could almost hear the last slow song. I opened the record there because everything starts with a memory.”
rock ballad · heartland rock · nostalgic ballad · 4:34
Lyrics
I drove past the old high school on a Friday night The gym doors open, a sliver of light I stood in the lot with the engine ticking down Hearing a slow song from a long-ago town Long after the last slow song I'm still standing here, still hanging on To a paper streamer and a girl in blue And the way that the whole wide world was new Long after the last slow song Some things don't fade, and some things don't go wrong I never had the nerve to ask you to dance I stood by the punch bowl, left it to chance Now forty years later and the floor is swept clean But I can still see the glitter where we might have been Long after the last slow song I'm still standing here, still hanging on To a paper streamer and a girl in blue And the way that the whole wide world was new Long after the last slow song Some things don't fade, and some things don't go wrong If I could go back, I'd cross that floor I'd hold out my hand like I never did before But the years are a road and you can't turn around So I'll dance by myself to a fading sound The janitor waves as he locks up the door I nod and I tip my cap like I did before And I drive on home through the quiet town With a slow song humming as the stars come down Long after the last slow song I'm still standing here, still hanging on To a paper streamer and a girl in blue And the way that the whole wide world was new Long after the last slow song Some things don't fade, and some things don't go wrong Long after the last slow song Some things don't fade Some things don't go wrong