Mad Hatter Trivia Night

[Verse 1]
Snow piled high past the window
Boots lined up by the door
Neon rabbit on the wall flickers
Crowd squeezes in for one more
Bartender pouring in a hurry
Mismatched teacups on the bar
Host in a crooked top hat laughing
Says
"Tonight
You’re all bizarre"
[Chorus]
It’s Mad Hatter Trivia night
Way out in North Dakota
Strange little questions
Strange little prizes
And a winter sky grown colder
We’re shoutin’ out answers in the half-light
Getting every name all wrong
But we’re winnin’ each other
While that old blues fiddle sings along (oh yeah)
[Verse 2]
She’s got cards tucked in her headband
Writes our team name on a napkin
"Four Frostbit Fools
" she scribbles
Says
"Losing’s where the magic happens"
Someone hollers "Mount Rushmore!"
To a question ’bout the moon
Violin wails like it’s crying
Then grins and starts to swoon
[Chorus]
It’s Mad Hatter Trivia night
Way out in North Dakota
Strange little questions
Strange little prizes
And a winter sky grown colder
We’re betting our pride on a punchline
Every guess a little wrong
But we’re winnin’ each other
While that old blues fiddle sings along (oh, play it)
[Bridge]
[Violin bends and moans over a slow blues turnaround]
Snow keeps fallin’ outside
Clock melts on the wall
Tilts its head
We don’t care who takes the gift card
We just don’t wanna go to bed
[Chorus]
It’s Mad Hatter Trivia night
Way out in North Dakota
Strange little questions
Strange little prizes
And a winter sky grown older
We toast to the cracks in the answers
To the nights that run too long
Yeah
We’re winnin’ each other
While that old blues fiddle sings this song (oh yeah)

Laid-back barroom blues with brushed drums, upright bass, and a raw slide guitar bed; fiddle (violin) weaves call-and-response licks with the male vocal. Verses stay intimate and talky, chorus opens up with gang-style shouts and stomps. Occasional half-time breaks to spotlight a gritty violin solo, then back into a swinging shuffle for the finale., blues, violin