Lyrics
Hank Williams
The old maid's waitin' for leap year to come
The crooner's just waitin' to sing
The old cow's standin' by the Bull Durham sign
Just awaitin' for the grass to turn green
The bar-fly's waitin' for an easy mark
An' the hitch-hiker's waitin' for a ride
The life-termer's waitin' for a prison break
The beachcomber's waitin' for the tide
Farmer's daughter's waitin' for the salesman
To take her into town
The city slicker's waitin' for the country boy
To lay all his money down
You know everything comes to a standstill
Nothin' seems to make a turn
Worm must be waitin' for the early bird
I guess the early bird's waitin' for the worm
Nobody wants to do nothin'
Just waitin' to get a finger in the pie
Waitin' for a call from a big quiz show
Or hopin' and awaitin' for some rich uncle to die
Katy, she's waitin' at the garden gate
The moonshiner's waitin' at the still
An' the gambler's still waitin' for that ace in the hole
I guess, Jack's still waitin' for Jill
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Everybody's waitin' for somethin'
Nothin' seems to turn out right
'Cause the night shift's waitin' for mornin'
And the burglar just waitin' for night
The congregation's waitin' for the preacher
Preacher just waitin' for the groom
The groom's just waitin' for the June bride
And the bride's just waitin' for June
Sunflowers waitin' for the sunshine
Violets just waitin' for dew
Bees just waitin' for honey
And, honey, I'm just waitin' for you
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Pensioner's waiting for leap-year to come
And the young singer's waiting to sing
And there's a gardener outside a big estate
Waiting for the grass to turn green
The drunk is waiting for an easy mark
The hitchhiker is waiting for a ride
And the prisoner is waiting for a prison break
And the surfer is waiting for the tide
Just waiting
You know everything comes to a standstill
Nothing seems to make a turn
Cos the worm's still waitin' for the early bird
And the early bird's waitin' for the worm
And nobody wants to do nothing
Just waiting for a finger in the pie
And waitin' for a call from a TV show
Or waitin' for an uncle to die, one two three
Everybody's waitin' for something
And nothing ever turns out right
Because the night-shift is waiting for the morning
And the burglar is waiting for the night
Congregation is waitin' for the vicar
And the vicar is waitin' for the groom
The groom is waiting for his new bride
But the bride is waitin' for June
And everybody is just waitin'
And nobody wants to settle down
They got their heads in a holo-video
The cretin is waitin' for U2 to come on MTV again
But the producer is waiting for the blonde bird
And the blonde girl's waitin' for him
Nobody wants to do nothing
Just waiting for their chips and their pie
Waitin' for a call from a big quiz show
Or waitin' for some rich relation to die
You know everything comes to a standstill
Nothing ever makes a turn
And the worm is waitin' for the grass to turn green
While the early bird is waitin' for the worm
I don't think I can really stand it no more
I don't think I can go through it again
I'm just waiting
I'm just waiting
I'm just waiting
I'm just waiting
And bees are waitin' for honey
And I'm putting it on the back-burner for now
Cos everybody's racing and fawning and skivin'
And honey I'm waitin' for you
Just waitin'
Just waitin'
Just waitin'
Just waitin'
Commentary
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Footnotes
Sources / Links
- Smith, Mark E. (2008). Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith. London: Penguin.
- The Track Record: “Just Waiting”
- Wolstencroft, Simon (2014). You Can Drum But You Can’t Hide. London: Strata Books.
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