Just a Little Black Dress

[INTRO — SLOW 6/8] [CLEAN TELECASTER — THREE LAZY NOTES] [PEDAL STEEL SWELL] [SMOKY SAX — LOW ANSWER] [BRUSHED SNARE] [VERSE 1 — KEVIN, WARM MALE BARITONE] I've seen you barefoot in the kitchen, Hair tied up and coffee in your hand. Seen you laughing in my old blue T-shirt, Dancing where there wasn't any band. Nothing fancy, nothing made to dazzle, Just a little black dress, nothing more— But the woman wearing that little black dress... [PAUSE] Lord, I've never seen before. [TELECASTER — SHORT ANSWER] [VERSE 2] Everybody in the room kept talking, But I couldn't tell you what they said. You looked over, caught me staring, Tilted your chin and smiled instead. Then you crossed that floor so slowly, Like you knew exactly what you'd done. And by the time you reached me, Girl, everybody else was gone. [CHORUS] Come dance with me, Real slow. Put your arms around me And don't let go. Let 'em play whatever They're playing, I guess— I only see you In that black dress. [TELECASTER — SLOW BLUES PHRASE] [SAX ANSWERS] [VERSE 3] Funny how you live beside somebody, Know the little things nobody knows— How you steal the covers every winter, How you wrinkle up your nose. Then one night beneath some dim bar light, Something hits you all over again— [PAUSE] Lord, look at you. [SOFT CHUCKLE] Where the hell have I been? [CHORUS] Come dance with me, Real slow. Put your head against me And don't let go. Let the room keep turning, Let everybody guess— Why I can't take my eyes Off that black dress. [INSTRUMENTAL — KEVIN FEATURE] [CLEAN TELECASTER — SLOW, SPACIOUS SOLO] [NO SHREDDING — LET NOTES HANG] [SERENA PEDAL STEEL ANSWERS] [TAMMY SAX ENTERS LATE] [CONOR — DEEP SPARSE BASS] [WILLIE — BRUSHES BEHIND GROOVE] [BRIDGE — STRIP TO VOICE + TELE] Tomorrow you'll be barefoot Making coffee down the hall. You'll probably toss that dress somewhere And never think of it at all. But I'll remember this. [PAUSE] This room. This song. Your hand in mine. And how somebody I've loved forever Stopped my heart like the very first time. [TELECASTER — SINGLE BENT NOTE] [FINAL CHORUS — QUIET] So dance with me, Real slow. Come a little closer— That's all I want to know. Let the last song finish, Let them turn out the rest— [DROP] I'm taking you home... [PAUSE] And you can keep that black dress. [SAX — LOW CHUCKLE-LIKE PHRASE] [KEVIN, SPOKEN] For now. [OUTRO — TELECASTER LEADS] [STEEL + SAX ANSWER] [BRUSHES FADE]