Last Show at the Rialto

Lyrics

The marquee's missing letters, the ticket booth is dim
Old Mr. Pruitt's sweeping up the popcorn from the aisle
We came here every Friday when the world was small and slow
You'd always take the back row, and I'd always take your smile

Now the reel is running down
And the whole town's come around

Roll it one more time at the Rialto
Let the silver flicker on your face
Every kiss we ever stole in the dark
Is still playing in this place
Hold my hand till the credits start to climb
Let the curtain take its time
Oh, roll it one more time at the Rialto
Before the lights come up on goodbye

The velvet seats are threadbare, there's a spring beneath my knee
The projector hums a love song that it learned a long time back
You whispered you were scared once when the picture turned to rain
And I held your hand so tightly that I never took it back

Now the reel is running down
And the whole town's come around

Roll it one more time at the Rialto
Let the silver flicker on your face
Every kiss we ever stole in the dark
Is still playing in this place
Hold my hand till the credits start to climb
Let the curtain take its time
Oh, roll it one more time at the Rialto
Before the lights come up on goodbye

They'll tear it down by springtime
Put a parking lot right here
But they can't take the flicker
Or the way you leaned in near

So we sit here in the half-light with the last of the applause
Mr. Pruitt shuts the projector and he gives a little bow
The street is wet and shining and the neon's glowing low
I'll walk you home the long way, love, the way I'm walking now

Roll it one more time at the Rialto
Let the silver flicker on your face
Every kiss we ever stole in the dark
Is still playing in this place
Hold my hand till the credits start to climb
Let the curtain take its time
Oh, roll it one more time at the Rialto
Before the lights come up on goodbye

Before the lights come up on goodbye