Story behind the song
The narcissism of recent decades has created a depression of a different sort, not so much external but in the empty halls of the contemporary North American soul.
It's a song relating the old rural dancehall to the soul of North American people. Now that the old hall is empty........
Lyrics
Old Country Dancehall © MJB Jun 17/07
One night as you lay dreaming
Of an old-time country dancehall
You heard the music so clearly
And the dance floor seemed so alive
Familiar old rhythms and melodies
Got passed down through all the years
Taking you back to a simpler time
Before all the heartache and tears
You’re dancing a two-step
In the soul of the old home town
Waltzing in the old country dancehall
Long after the rural sundown
Now that the old hall is empty
A darkness creeps into the soul
There’ll be no more dancin’ tomorrow
That future’s all used up and old
The worn wooden floors are now barren
Where grandpa taught you to dance
Inside the walls you hear crying
That echoes a song from the past
Copyright © 2007; Ruro Music
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