Lyrics
Intro
Mm
Mm-hmm
Verse 1
Slippers in a cardboard box
In the back of my closet
Eight years since I tied them
The ribbons turned to dust
I kept the old photographs
From the night I danced the lead
My mother framed the program
It hangs above my bed
Pre-Chorus
Tonight I pulled the box down
Just to check the stitching
Somewhere in my hands
The old beat started ticking
Chorus
One two three turn
Let the floor decide
One two three return
I'm alive tonight
One two three turn
Every muscle remembers
The music never left me
It just waited in the weather
Post-Chorus
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Verse 2
The mirror on the studio wall
Still shows a younger shadow
I raise my arms and see her
Blurring into me at last
The barre feels familiar cold
Like the railing at my grandmother's
And the ache that fills my ankles
Is a language that I know
Pre-Chorus
The record player clicks on
Needle finds the groove
My heart keeps time before me
Like it never had to move
Chorus
One two three turn
Let the floor decide
One two three return
I'm alive tonight
One two three turn
Every muscle remembers
The music never left me
It just waited in the weather
Bridge
And I thought I'd lost the step
The one she taught me slow
Hand on my small shoulder
Counting out the glow
But it's all here sleeping
In my bones and skin
Not a thing is missing
I just let the dance begin
Instrumental Journey
Final Chorus
One two three turn
Watch the dust take flight
One two three return
Dancing through the night
One two three turn
Every muscle remembers
The music never left me
It just waited in the weather
Outro
One two three
Mm
Just one more time
Mm
The box stays open now
Mm-hmm
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