Track 9 of the album Rooftop Sunrise with the Whole Wide Band · 2024
Last Slow Song, Lights Half Down
“Streamers like tired flags and the punch bowl down to the pink. The last slow song is always the best one.”
folk rock · nostalgic jangle · playful slow dance · 3:39
Lyrics
Streamers hanging like they're tired of the night Punch bowl's down to the pink at the bottom The janitor's jingling his keys at the door But the DJ's got one more song in him Gym floor shining like a lake in the moonlight Sneakers in our hands, we're sliding in our socks Somebody's holding somebody's jacket And nobody wants to look at the clock Play the last slow song with the lights half down Everybody sway, nobody make a sound We were awkward, we were young, we were never going home Play the last slow song, we'll dance it on our own Oh-oh, the gym is ours tonight Oh-oh, the gym is ours tonight Crepe paper stuck to the bottom of my shoe The cheerleaders are laughing on the bleachers The quiet kid who never said a word Is the first one out in the middle Somebody's mom is waiting in the parking lot Her headlights painting circles on the glass But we've got one more minute, one more chorus Some nights you just hold on to the last Play the last slow song with the lights half down Everybody sway, nobody make a sound We were awkward, we were young, we were never going home Play the last slow song, we'll dance it on our own Oh-oh, the gym is ours tonight Oh-oh, the gym is ours tonight And years from now when the floor is quiet We'll remember how it felt Like the whole wide world was a basketball court And the music never left Play the last slow song with the lights half down Everybody sway, nobody make a sound We were awkward, we were young, we were never going home Play the last slow song, we'll dance it on our own Oh-oh, the gym is ours tonight Oh-oh, the gym is ours tonight Lights half down, lights half down The gym is ours tonight