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After The Ball (5th edition)

from The Songster Part 2 by Brooks Long

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The sun finds your eyes
and I just realized
that your shine hasn’t faded with grey.
We’re not such old folks
and though we do struggle
some fun hasn’t all washed away.

I’ll grab my tux
and you call the limo.
We’ll show ‘em all
that we ain’t that simple.
After the ball we’ll just smile for a century.
Chandeliers, diamonds and wine.

Pictures of mothers
and fathers are hung
in the living room along the wall.
Most of them smiling,
but through all their ups and downs
never had much use for style.

You in your gown
and nose in the sky.
I tip my stovepipe
to folks on the by.
After the ball, we’ll have pictures in tabloids.
Gossip and rumor abound.

Slide off your ring,
I’m your gentleman caller.
The parlor’s where debutantes sing.
Siren a song
with an old-timey melody.
We’ll sweep the floor in our glide.

Ain’t it so fun?
Just you and me, honey
Ain’t it so fun
to pretend we got money?

We may waltz to stormy weather,
but the dancing is lasting forever.

Ain’t it so fun?
Just you and me, honey.
Ain’t it so fun
to pretend we got money?
After the ball, we’ll give back all the borrowed clothes,
pick up the kids and head home.

The sun finds your eyes
and I just realized
that your shine hasn’t faded with grey

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from The Songster Part 2, released January 16, 2015

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