I walked into that old tavern door,
Boots full of dust from the road before,
A fiddle cried and a guitar swayed,
So I took one beer and I stayed.
Found me a chair by the lantern light,
Watched the room spin warm and bright,
Tables shaking, laughter in flame,
That was the night that called my name.
Then she sat down with golden hair,
Like she’d been waiting for me there,
A laughing spark, a wild-eyed flame,
And nothing after stayed the same.
When the fiddles called my name,
I was never quite the same,
One beer, one smile, one spinning room,
And summer dancing through the gloom.
Now every bow that sings that way
Brings back her eyes and that old place,
A tavern night, a blonde, a flame,
When the fiddles called my name.
She drank red wine, I drank my ale,
We traded jokes and half-true tales,
The band played fast, the floorboards rang,
And all the room like thunder sang.
We danced until the hours were gone,
Till midnight melted into dawn,
Her hand in mine, the candles low,
Like time forgot to move at all.
Her laughter rose above the crowd,
Soft as smoke and bright and loud,
The fiddle soared, the guitar swayed,
And every worry slipped away.
When the fiddles called my name,
I was never quite the same,
One beer, one smile, one spinning room,
And summer dancing through the gloom.
Now every bow that sings that way
Brings back her eyes and that old place,
A tavern night, a blonde, a flame,
When the fiddles called my name.
Years roll on, the lights grow dim,
But memory still plays that hymn,
And somewhere in a crowded street,
A distant fiddle stops my feet.
I close my eyes, I see her there,
Golden laughter in the air,
The wine, the wood, the old refrain,
And I am young in that room again.
When the fiddles called my name,
I was never quite the same,
One beer, one smile, one spinning room,
And summer dancing through the gloom.
Now every bow that sings that way
Brings back her eyes and that old place,
A tavern night, a blonde, a flame,
When the fiddles called my name.
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