One Lamp, One Dance

Intro

Verse

Out past Neptune where the guests are late

stands a ballroom with a rusted gate

Chandeliers hang dark and bare

not a single dancer there

Then he sets his ladder by the bar

takes a match out of a pickle jar

Hook

Light a lamp, they start to sway

light the next, they float away

(and on) (and on)

light them all along the ring

every moon of Saturn learns to swing

(swing it) (swing it out)

Verse

Titan curtseys in an orange haze

Io answers with a jealous gaze

Comets swish their silver trains

tangoing past the window panes

Every orbit tightens to a twirl

and Europa takes a comet for a whirl

Hook

Light a lamp, they start to sway

light the next, they float away

(and on) (and on)

light them all along the ring

every moon of Saturn learns to swing

(swing it) (swing it out)

Moog Solo

Breakdown

Brass to brass

(tap)

oil to wick

(tap) (tap)

strike the match

(and catch)

Verse

Clocks on Pluto chime a quarter past

and he buttons up his gloves at last

Nobody notices him leave

Ceres has a comet up her sleeve

Through the archway, back into the black

with an empty jar slung on his back

Hook

One last match, he doffs his hat

leaves the ballroom just like that

(snap) (and gone)

lanterns rocking on their chains

swaying through the comet lanes

(lane by lane)

Instrumental