[Verse 1] Barefoot on the black-and-white tiles Red wine on your lips Summer pouring through the windows Falling past your fingertips Lute song drifting from the ballroom Soft and low beyond the hall You were twirling in your mother’s pearls Like you were born to have it all [Pre-Chorus] And the whole house was sleeping But we were wide awake You said, “Jimmy, keep on dancing” Like the night was ours to take [Chorus] We were young in the chandelier light Golden and drunk on a summer night You looked like a queen in your mother’s dress I looked at you and I loved you best Your hair falling down your back Red stained lips and a heart attack And if God ever made something good for me It was you dancing in front of me [Verse 2] Your bare shoulder in the moonlight Cigarette between your teeth You said we'd leave this place together Ride until we reached the sea Your laugh echoed through the kitchen Like a songbird in the dark I was leaning against the doorway Watching you glow like a spark [Pre-Chorus] You were all gold and danger I was all black and blue But for one night I felt beautiful Standing next to you [Chorus] We were young in the chandelier light Golden and drunk on a summer night You looked like a queen in your mother’s dress I looked at you and I loved you best Your hair falling down your back Red stained lips and a heart attack And if God ever made something good for me It was you dancing in front of me [Bridge] You still shine like the top of a champagne glass Like a painted saint behind the glass You still walk in the room and the whole world stops I still feel like the boy that everybody forgot Sometimes I see us in the windowpane Young and reckless in the summer rain You in white, me in black Trying so hard to never look back [Final Chorus] We were young in the chandelier light Golden and drunk on a summer night You looked like a queen in your mother’s dress I looked at you and I loved you best Your hair falling down your back Red stained lips and a heart attack And if heaven was ever a real place It was written all over your face [Outro] Barefoot on the black-and-white tiles Summer falling through the dark You said, “Jimmy, don’t stop dancing” Before the morning broke our hearts
