Resoled Boots, One Last Waltz

Lyrics

Took my boots to the cobbler on Main
Said fix the soles, I'll be dancing again
He tapped the leather, shook his head and grinned
Said these have walked a thousand miles of wind
Thirty years since I held her in the hall
Her hand in mine and the band playing all

Now she's in the kitchen humming low
Says she'll only dance if I ask her slow

So here's to the resoled boots, one last waltz
One more turn on the kitchen floor
Every old regret and every little fault
Fades when she's in my arms once more
One last waltz in my resoled boots
Slow as the evening and sweet as fruit
Let the radio play and the porch light glow
I've got all night, and I'm taking it slow

We never had the money for a ballroom
Just the stove light glowing in the afternoon
She kicked her slippers off and held my hand
Said there's no better floor than the one we've planned
Linoleum cracked, but it keeps the time
Every little step, like the steady rhyme

Now the knees are slow and the hair is gray
But the heart remembers how to sway

So here's to the resoled boots, one last waltz
One more turn on the kitchen floor
Every old regret and every little fault
Fades when she's in my arms once more
One last waltz in my resoled boots
Slow as the evening and sweet as fruit
Let the radio play and the porch light glow
I've got all night, and I'm taking it slow

One, two, three, one, two, three
The whole world turning round you and me
No one watching, no one to see
Just the old clock ticking, and her smiling at me

So here's to the resoled boots, one last waltz
One more turn on the kitchen floor
Every old regret and every little fault
Fades when she's in my arms once more
One last waltz in my resoled boots
Slow as the evening and sweet as fruit
Let the radio play and the porch light glow
I've got all night, and I'm taking it slow

One last waltz, one last waltz
Take my hand, we'll take it slow