Waiting Tables Lyrics - Cass County - Don Henley

She grew up tall in a timber town 

Where trees were not the only things 

That were fallin' down 

The breezes through the pines were blowin' bittersweet 

They blew the papers down the dead-end street 

She married a boy as soon as she got out of school 

But he turned out to be a reckless fool 

Gone are the days when she was worry-free 

Now she's a single mom, she's only twenty-three 

And she's waiting tables, she's just waiting tables 

She's learned a lot about people, more than she 

Ever wanted to know 

She's just waiting tables, waiting tables 

Biding her time until there's somewhere else to go 

When her workin' day is done, she tallies up her tips 

And she sighs, dear Lord above, 

There must be more than this 

Someday she'll see this misery in her rear-view mirror 

But for today she'll find a way to get along right here 

And she's waiting tables, she's just waiting tables 

She's learned a lot about people, more than she 

Ever wanted to know 

She's just waiting tables, waiting tables 

Biding her time until there's somewhere else to go 

One rainy night, a handsome man came in 

Said he was bound for parts unknown 

They talked and talked until the moon went down 

But in the mornin' he was gone 

Waiting tables, she's just waiting tables 

Another year or two and she'll be movin' on 

She's just waiting tables, waiting tables 

Holding her own till somethin' better comes along 

Waiting tables, she's just waiting tables 

Biding her time till somethin' better comes along