PLAY FOR THE LIGHTS TO GO OUT
(two-step)
Sung by: Seth Mize
Recorded in Mountain View, AR by George Fisher

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Well, she stepped up, and she stepped back,
She stepped . . . hands, and she . . .
Then play for the lights to go out.

Well, he stepped up, and he stuck out his hand.
He said, “Young lady, I’m a dancing man.”
Then play for the lights to go out.

She stepped up, and she . . . for the . . .
Said, “Young man . . . dance all night.
When you play for the lights to go out.”

. . . do your dancing up just right,
And play for the lights to go out.

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