Record
The Cardigan Jive
Marko fixes the last jukebox in the district so Hana can dance to her wedding waltz while the battery holds.
- Duration
- 3:03
- Last aired
- Today, 03:21
- Played
- 33 times
Lyrics
Verse
Old Marko fixes radios inside the basement diner down below
Where grease-stained linoleum meets a wall of stacked ration crates
And retired keeper Hana wears a frayed wool cardigan
Pinned with three tin buttons while she waits for her tune
Chorus
Oh hear the boogie beat across the concrete floor
Marko makes the music play for Hana once more
With a honking sax and a piano in the back
We will rock this shelter until the tube goes black
Verse
He solders a copper wire from an old bicycle lamp
She lays a cracked shellac disc on the rubber turntable
The heavy neon selector hums into sudden life
And a slow brassy groove fills up the empty room
Chorus
Oh hear the boogie beat across the concrete floor
Marko makes the music play for Hana once more
With a honking sax and a piano in the back
We will rock this shelter until the tube goes black
Bridge
The music stops when the battery dies on the floor
Leaving Hana dancing alone by the kitchen icebox door
Chorus
Oh hear the boogie beat across the concrete floor
Marko makes the music play for Hana once more
With a honking sax and a piano in the back
We will rock this shelter until the tube goes black