From the album
Crawford Street (2005)

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6/8

Bittersweet

Dark

Electric

Guitar

Pop

Rock

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Lyrics

We broke into the old Bay Shore Roller Rink
Through a hole in the back wall
The echoes of our sneakers amplified themselves like speakers
Through the corners of the long-forgotten hall

    And the cobwebs spanned the door frames
    As I kneeled down to spell your name
    In the dust on the floor that we'd
    Danced on so many times before

The musty aroma is filling my head
And the broken windows let the birds in
Our breath, it made clouds and they wrapped us like shrouds
To keep November from reaching our skin

    And the ghost of the DJ floats in from the freeway
    He puts on your favorite waltz
    So I take your hand, the invisible band
    Leads us dancing around in the hall

The glow from the sunset caught the big disco ball
And sent dusty rays of light into your face
And the light from the ball hit the frost on the walls
And sent oranges and reds into space

    I caught a glance in the midst of our dance
    For a moment I stopped in my tracks
    The room was ablaze with the fiery rays
    While the frozen air blew through the cracks

And our bodies are frozen in time

Tablature

Tuning: Standard, key of G

Intro: 
x34030 024000 x34030 024000

Verse: 
x34030 3x4030 x34030 3x4030
022000 x34030 320033 2x0230

Chorus:
022000 2x0230 320033 x20033 x34030

Solo / Ending: 
x32010 x54030 x75000 x-10-9-0-8-0 x32010 (x2)
320033

Played Live

Full Statistics

Played at 41 out of 143 shows since introduction (29%)
Played at 33 out of 48 non-open mic shows since introduction (69%)
There have been 3 show(s) since the last play.
• Amici Open Mic, 2004-09-10
• Brewed Awakenings, 2004-10-02
• The Stadium Club, 2004-10-27
• Coffee Amici, 2004-10-30
• Amici Open Mic, 2004-11-19
• Amici Open Mic, 2005-02-04
• Coffee Amici, 2005-02-05
• Ohio Coffee Concerts, 2005-02-19
• Java Rave, 2005-04-08
• Coffee Amici, 2005-04-30
• Amici Open Mic, 2005-06-24
• Rohs Street Cafe, 2005-07-08
• Coffee Amici, 2005-07-16
• The Bridge, 2005-07-21
• Courtyard Concerts, 2005-08-09
• Fine Art at the Center, 2005-08-27
• Wayne College, 2005-10-05
• Wayne College, 2005-10-05
• Black Swamp Pub, 2005-10-14
• Coffee Amici, 2005-10-15
• Findlay Village Mall, 2005-11-13
• Amici Open Mic, 2005-11-18
• Ritz Theater, 2005-12-02
• Masonic Temple, 2005-12-17
• Coffee Amici, 2006-02-18
• Coffee Amici, 2006-05-06
• Rocking U, 2006-05-12
• Courtyard Concerts, 2006-06-13
• Amici Open Mic, 2006-06-23
• Meeting Place on Market, 2006-06-24
• Rocking U, 2006-06-24
• Rocking U, 2006-07-07
• Rawson Festival, 2006-07-15
• Coffee Amici, 2006-07-22
• Amici Open Mic, 2006-10-20
• Coffee Amici, 2006-10-28
• Osceola Theater, 2007-01-19
• Amici Open Mic, 2007-02-09
• Courtyard Concerts, 2007-06-19
• Rotary Park, 2007-10-12
• Coffee Amici, 2008-09-13

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  Discussion: Big Disco Ball

Michael Waddell on Aug 19 2008 @ 09:52
Story

This tells a moving story about criminal trespass which is magnificently innocent in spite of that. The 3/4 break at "bodies are frozen in time" is truly brilliant. I'd love to make a video for this song, but in order to do it correctly I'd have to risk arrest.