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

While she lays dreamin'
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

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

While she lays waitin'
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 cryin'
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
Oh

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

While she waits
While she waits for me