[Intro]
[Pipe organ swells beneath clipped violin figures]
[Verse 1]
Four chairs by the dressing-room door
Powder on the mirror, boots on the floor
You count the lights, I count to four
Then we step through the curtain wanting more
[Chorus]
Raise your voice, let the whole hall know
Hearts in a row and the band down low
When the last bell rings, we still won’t go
Four bright flames in a country show
[Verse 2]
The fiddle player grins at the side-stage clock
The drummer marks time with a heel and a knock
Your silver scarf catches every spotlight
And the old wood boards turn gold tonight
[Chorus]
Raise your voice, let the whole hall know
Hearts in a row and the band down low
When the last bell rings, we still won’t go
Four bright flames in a country show
[Verse 3]
We learned these lines in a rented room
With coffee gone cold and a borrowed tune
Now every table leans our way
As the organ rolls into the break of day
[Chorus]
Raise your voice, let the whole hall know
Hearts in a row and the band down low
When the last bell rings, we still won’t go
Four bright flames in a country show
[Verse 4]
Your high note hangs by the balcony rail
My low harmony keeps the promise from pale
The middle parts turn like a wheel
And every stranger knows what we feel
[Chorus]
Raise your voice, let the whole hall know
Hearts in a row and the band down low
When the last bell rings, we still won’t go
Four bright flames in a country show
[Verse 5]
Morning may find us packing the case
But tonight has written its mark in this place
Four voices meet where the red curtains close
And leave one last chord for the road
[Chorus]
Raise your voice, let the whole hall know
Hearts in a row and the band down low
When the last bell rings, we still won’t go
Four bright flames in a country show
[Tag]
Stay awhile, stay awhile
[Tag]
Four voices, one fire
[Tag]
Till the house lights rise, we’re singing higher
[Outro]
[Haunting echoed harmonies over organ and staccato violins]