Christmas Eve At The Dancehall
Got the pickup shining underneath the parking-lot light
Got my Sunday shirt on,
and my boots polished right
There’s a fiddle through the doorway,
playing something I know
And the whole town’s gathered where the good times roll
She walked in laughing with a ribbon in her hair
I asked her for a two-step,
she said, “If you can keep up,
cowboy, I dare”
The band kicked off a shuffle,
and we headed for the floor
Christmas Eve in Texas—couldn’t ask for anything more
It’s Christmas Eve at the dance hall
Two-stepping underneath the colored lights Spin me ‘round till the midnight call
Hold me close and make the whole night right There’s a little
bit of Christmas
In every song the fiddle plays It’s Christmas Eve at the dance
hall
And we’re dancing
Christmas away
There’s a preacher by the doorway,
a farmer at the bar
Somebody’s uncle’s telling jokes like he’s already had too far
The kids are running circles while the grown folks take their turn
And somebody yelled, “One more!” before the band could even learn She
leaned in close and whispered,
“Don’t you dare slow down” So I gave that Texas two-step everything
I had found
We laughed across the dance floor while the old guitar rang
And somewhere near the corner,
somebody started to sing
Tomorrow we’ll be sleeping late With wrapping paper everywhere But tonight we’ve
got a wooden floor And somebody we want there
So strike that fiddle one more time Let that old piano roll
If Christmas is about being together Then this is where I wanna
go
It’s Christmas Eve at the dance hall Two-stepping till the morning light
Spin me ‘round till the midnight call Keep me close a little
longer tonight There’s a little bit of Christmas
In every smile across this place
It’s Christmas Eve at the dance hall
And we’re dancing Christmas away
One more two-step, one more song Christmas Eve ain’t lasting long So
hold me close and don’t let go Till the last note fades
away Christmas Eve at the dance hall That’s how we’re gonna celebrate