Track 10 of the album Wide Sky Lullabies · 2019
Matinee for One at the Starlight
“An afternoon ticket for one and a nod from the girl at the booth. I have never felt less lonely.”
country · matinee folk · hushed country · 4:52
Lyrics
The afternoon is empty and the street is sleeping slow I buy a single ticket and the girl just nods hello The seats are red and quiet, and the dust floats in the beam I'm the only one here watching, and it feels just like a dream There's a restless in my shoulders that I carried through the week A hundred little errands, and not a word I wished to speak But the screen is soft and silver, and the world is far away Sometimes you need a darkened room to let the noise decay Matinee for one at the Starlight Nobody here but the flicker and me Let the quiet fill the empty rows Let my restless heart go free Hush now, hush now, the picture's rolling Hush now, the night can wait Matinee for one at the Starlight And I don't mind the empty seat A woman on the screen is driving down a lonesome road She's got a suitcase in the back, and a heart that's growing bold I watch her find her footing in the headlights and the rain And something in my chest says maybe I could do the same Matinee for one at the Starlight Nobody here but the flicker and me Let the quiet fill the empty rows Let my restless heart go free Hush now, hush now, the picture's rolling Hush now, the night can wait Matinee for one at the Starlight And I don't mind the empty seat When the lights come slowly up I'll sit a minute more Then I'll step out in the evening Through the old brass door Matinee for one at the Starlight Nobody here but the flicker and me Let the quiet fill the empty rows Let my restless heart go free Hush now, hush now, the picture's rolling Hush now, the night can wait Matinee for one at the Starlight And I don't mind the empty seat And I don't mind the empty seat