Thirty People Dancing

Verse 1

The solicitor read the deed out loud

My father's name in careful ink

Thirty years of pulling pints and pouring

Now the whole crooked building is mine

I signed before I thought it through

I don't even like the way it smells

Pre-Chorus

So I stripped the carpet on a Tuesday

Borrowed a van from my cousin Ray

Chorus

I'm keeping the lights on for you

Keeping the lights on for you

Whatever it costs me to do

I'm keeping the lights on for you

Verse 2

I booked a band that plays that funk

The drummer never showed

So I played the records myself

Until my fingers hurt

The regulars brought folding chairs

And stayed until the quarter to

Pre-Chorus

Then the roof let in the April rain

And I mopped it up and tried again

Chorus

I'm keeping the lights on for you

Keeping the lights on for you

Whatever it costs me to do

I'm keeping the lights on for you

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Bridge

The bank called twice I let it ring

I sold the car the good guitar

My sister asked me when I'd stop

I said I don't know how

I don't know how

Verse 3

The final Friday thirty people came

We danced until the power cut

Somebody lit a candle on the bar

And everyone just laughed

I locked the door and stood there soaking

In the last of what we made

Chorus

We kept the lights on didn't we

Kept the lights on didn't we

And it wasn't ever mine to keep

We kept the lights on didn't we

Outro

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