While she lays sleeping
I stay out late at night
and play my songs
And sometimes all the night
can be so long
And it's good when I finally
make it home, all alone

While she lays dreaming
I try to get undressed without the light
And quietly she says
"how was your night?"
And I come to her and say
"it was all right"
and I hold her tight

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And she believes in me
I'll never know just what she sees in me
I told her someday if she was my girl
I could change the world
With my little songs
I was wrong
But she has faith in me
and so I go on trying faithfully
And who knows maybe on some special night
if my song is right
I will find a way, find a way

While she lays waiting
I stumble to the kitchen for a bite
Then I see my old guitar in the night
Just waiting for me like a secret friend
and there's no end

While she lays crying
I fumble with a melody or two
And I'm torn between the things
that I should do
And she says to wake her up
when I am through
God her love is true

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While she waits
While she waits for me