Track 10 of the album Orchard Road · 2015
Pier Light, Two A.M. Slow Dance
“An empty boardwalk and a winter sea, and two people dancing under one pier light. It is the most romantic thing I have ever seen.”
americana · boardwalk americana · slow-dance ballad · 4:38
Lyrics
The boardwalk's empty and the sea is slow Winter's got the whole town by the hand One lamp left on at the end of the pier And a transistor playing somewhere on the sand Dance with me under the pier light Two in the morning, nothing but the tide Sway with me, darling, there's nobody here Just the salt and the stars and the sky open wide Dance with me under the pier light Let the whole sleeping town stay blind Whatever the world wants, it can wait till day I've got you tonight Your scarf is wrapped twice around your neck Your hand is cold but your laugh is warm We never needed summer, never needed a crowd Just a quiet little shelter from the storm Dance with me under the pier light Two in the morning, nothing but the tide Sway with me, darling, there's nobody here Just the salt and the stars and the sky open wide Dance with me under the pier light Let the whole sleeping town stay blind Whatever the world wants, it can wait till day I've got you tonight Years from now when the summer folks come And the music is loud and the lights are strong I'll remember this cold and this golden hush And the way that we danced to a half-heard song Slow, slow, let the waves keep time Slow, slow, your hand in mine Nothing to fix and nowhere to be Only this lamp and you and me Dance with me under the pier light Two in the morning, nothing but the tide Sway with me, darling, there's nobody here Just the salt and the stars and the sky open wide Dance with me under the pier light Let the whole sleeping town stay blind Whatever the world wants, it can wait till day I've got you tonight I've got you tonight