"Late to the Dance" (for Nanci Griffith)

by John Eagleson

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words/music/performed by: John Eagleson
(c) 2021 by John Eagleson
In tribute to Nanci Griffith

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Late to the Dance (for Nanci Griffith)
words/music by John Eagleson

It's never too late to find out
There’s never too much to learn
Better to be late to the dance
Than never get a dance to turn

I’d bring you a book to cherish
And a flower for your hair
But I know you’d never read it
And I’d never see it there

But I’d meet you tonight at the Woolworths store
You’d be the one holding the book
Standing outside the front door
I’d meet you tonight at the Woolworths store
There’s only one problem with that.
Woolies ain’t there anymore

I’ll take you to a roadhouse
Or an Austin river walk
Then we’ll find an all-night diner
For a bottomless coffee talk

We never got to a movie
Or shared a paperback romance
We might’ve had a thousand laughs
If we ever had the chance

But you’re already at the fountain
Talking to a handsome Guy
The Townes you knew, Prine-time blues
All saying your goodbyes…

But I’d meet you tonight at the Woolworths store
You’d be the one holding the book
Standing outside the front door
I’d meet you tonight at the Woolworths store
There’s only one problem with that.
You ain’t here anymore…

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released September 20, 2021
words/music/performed by: John Eagleson
(c) 2021 by John Eagleson

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John Eagleson Lancaster, Pennsylvania

From the generation of 70's suburban basement garage folk pop rock kids who wanted to grab a guitar and write a song and become their own Bob, Neil, Bruce, Steve (Forbert) etc. This is my musical universe. My suburban life!

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