Title: The Last Dance Floor Key: F♯ minor Tempo: 74 BPM Style: 1940s noir ballad / dark vintage pop / early rock influence ⸻ [Intro] (Vinyl crackle. Soft guitar. Upright bass. Gentle brushes.) (male) Ooh… Do you remember? (Female) Ooh… Yeah I remember. ⸻ [Verse 1] [Female] The lights are low on Maple Street The old café is closing down The jukebox plays our favorite song But there’s no one else around Your little coat is by the door The one you wore that summer night I still leave the window open In case you come by tonight ⸻ [Backing Vocals] Ooh… Sha-la-la… Do you remember? ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] [Both male and female] We were young We were dancing Like the world would never end Now I hold onto the music Like an old and faithful friend ⸻ [Chorus] [Male] Take me back to the last dance floor Where I held you close before Where your laughter filled the room And roses always seemed to bloom Take me back to yesterday Before the colors turned to gray If the record starts again… I’ll be waiting where we’ve been ⸻ [Backing Vocals] [Female] Sha-la-la… Ooh… I’ll be waiting… ⸻ [Verse 2] [Female singer] The photograph beside the lamp Still shows your smiling face The flowers that you gave me Still keep their little place The clock above the doorway Stopped at half past two Funny how the hands remember Every moment spent with you ⸻ [Bridge] [both, Duet] (The vintage arrangement begins to crack open. Distorted guitar enters beneath the orchestra.) Tell me… Do the stars still shine On the streets we used to know? Does the old song play When nobody’s there to hear it anymore? ⸻ [Final Chorus] [both, Duet] Take me back to the last dance floor Where I held you close before Where the whole world disappeared Every time you whispered near Take me back one final time To that little summer night If the record starts again… Will you be there? Will you be there? ⸻ [Outro] (Everything fades back to vinyl: one guitar, one voice.) The lights are low… The song still plays… But nobody dances anymore.
