Big Disco Ball

We broke into the old Bay Shore Roller Rink

Through a hole in the back wall

The echoes of our sneakers amplified themselves like speakers

Through the corners of the long-forgotten hall

And the cobwebs spanned the door frames

As I kneeled down to spell your name

In the dust on the floor that we'd

Danced on so many times before

The musty aroma is filling my head

And the broken windows let the birds in

Our breath, it made clouds and they wrapped us like shrouds

To keep November from reaching our skin

And the ghost of the DJ floats in from the freeway

He puts on your favorite waltz

So I take your hand, the invisible band

Leads us dancing around in the hall

The glow from the sunset caught the big disco ball

And sent dusty rays of light into your face

And the light from the ball hit the frost on the walls

And sent oranges and reds into space

I caught a glance in the midst of our dance

For a moment I stopped in my tracks

The room was ablaze with the fiery rays

While the frozen air blew through the cracks

And our bodies are frozen in time