Play Penny Lover

Play Penny Lover for me

You know, when your mom and I finally decided to get hitched

We had already broken up three times

And then one day

We’re at this wedding

With other people

And there was this balcony--

The wedding was at this country club

And the reception was on the second floor

With this balcony you could--

Well, you get the idea

Your mom was out there on the balcony

And Penny Lover comes on

She’s in this blue dress

And she turns around

And it was like slow motion

Like something out of a movie

I’m all the way across the room

And the bozo she brought

Is drunk at the bar

Hitting on my date

And I didn’t give a damn about either of them

I didn’t give a damn about anything

But getting your mom to come dance with me

So I walk all the way across the room

And by the time I get to the balcony

The song’s halfway over

And your mom’s nowhere to be found

Now, I don’t know what came over me

But in that moment
I just...I gave up

I started to walk out

And right at the moment

The song--I swear to god

The song started over

From the beginning

And I heard somebody go--

Hey

I turn around

And there’s your mother

But she’s not in a blue dress

She’s--

She’s in a green dress

Still looking sexy as hell

But--oh stop

You know your mom’s a good-looking woman

Always has been too

But the dress was different

And I say to her--

Was that you out on the balcony?

And she says--

What are you talking about?

Because there’s no balcony

In that moment

I realized--

There’s no balcony

But I saw what I saw

And looking back

I know what it was

It was the future

It was this moment

Standing here

With you

Getting ready to walk you down the aisle

Second wedding means

You got a blue dress on

Well--that’s all right

You don’t always get it right the first time

And guess what?

It doesn’t mean a damn thing

You get it wrong

More than you get it right

But sometimes

If you’re lucky

The song starts over

And when it does

You get to dance

With the person

Who’s going to change your life

And make it better

Until it all goes to hell again

But you’re not thinking about that, right?

You’re just thinking about dancing

And what comes after the dancing

And if the music’s good

If they’re playing Penny Lover

Then maybe you’ll say

To hell with what comes after

Maybe you’ll just keep dancing

For as long

As you can