Small Town Dance

by Greg Herman

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Bruce Hoffman, fiddle, pedal steel
Kyle Harmon, drums
Morgan Klaiber, harmony vocals
Greg, acoustic guitar, bass, single pickup Esquire

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every Saturday night since away back when
they swept out the hall and the folks came in
dance wax shaking to the band’s first song
hardwood floor about a half mile long
4 acre field full of trucks in line
where the dancers dance and the fighters fight
they worked all week and then they all came out
to the church or the barn or the old school house

Chorus
at a small town dance where we all would go
since I was a little kid in a coat on the floor
small town dance will make you feel alright
and get to bed a little sooner on a Sunday night

well my dad rode over to the neighbor’s place
rawhide strap around a banjo case
rolling back a rug in a living room
pickin at a party at the Cypress school
bonspiels grads and rodeos
Maple Creek, Table Rock and Buffalo
Elkwater, Wisdom, New Years’ ball
Clearwater, Walsh and the Bindloss hall

Chorus

well the band at the wedding at the hall last night
didn’t sing so great but they played all right
my two left boots made a real good try
at a two step, a polka and a butterfly
coffee perk, sugar cubes and styro cups
midnight lunch till I lost my buzz
tryin to find my truck
a chill outside
when we pulled in the yard just before daylight

chorus
small town dance best kind I know
since I was a little kid in a coat on the floor
get your brand new jeans
make them old boots shine
can’t wait to see you there again next time

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released March 19, 2024

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