Waiting For Love Lyrics - Nanci Griffith

Life is full of finer things, they're lost and found in the dark 

It's a dog by the highway who said, "Goin' my way?" 

Now, he lives in your own backyard 

Waiting for love, you came along and fit the part 

And it's a whistle from the man with the kindest hands 

And a Norwegian name you can't say 

You meet him in the street, tripping over your own feet 

He claims you still anyway 

Waiting for love, God forgives your lack of grace 

And everyone I must know from my dust bowl to the city 

Is waiting for love to start another day 

They may be shy of heart or their pockets maybe empty 

Yet they are waiting for love and that's enough to fill our days 

It's the heartworn jokes of your dear father 

And the laughter in your own mother's heart 

It's that plane blowin' in with your loved one within 

Who you've ached for in your time apart 

When you're waiting for love, life's a thread of paths to cross 

And everyone I must know from my dust bowl to the city 

Is waiting for love to start another day 

They may be shy of heart or their pockets maybe empty 

Yet they are waiting for love and that's enough to fill our days 

Whiter shade of pale is my best kept secret 

It's the song that'll sail me back home 

It's a picture in my hand of my own farm land 

And the crops that I planted last spring 

When you're waiting for love 

You've got the finest life can bring 

And everyone I must know from my dust bowl to the city 

Is waiting for love to start another day 

They may be shy of heart or their pockets maybe empty 

Yet they are waiting for love and that's enough to fill our days 

Oh, when you're waiting for love, you've got enough to fill your days 

Waiting for love