Lady, please, I've waited patiently For you to make up your right mind The answers to your questions Can't be so hard to find You've got me on my tiptoes Like a curious child I can't keep my blood from beating through me Like a river running wild
Darling, don't you harden up your heart Make up your right mind I'm only hoping to have more before me Than I left behind Now that you've made sure I'm yours How ‘bout making yourself mine? I've been spending every second dreaming Just to have you on my mind
And the dreams that I've been dreaming Only ever seem to turn out wrong I've been watching TV shows Seeing those people all get along It gets awfully lonely having only This one thing on my mind And though your eyes are soft and loving I fear they must be blind
All your hesitating has left me awake Waiting on a prayer When I close my eyes at night It's like nothing's even there I know it's no good Feeling bad 'bout feeling bad But I can't stop longing for a hand I've never held A time I've never had
Sometimes it seems that any childhood dream Could only lead to shame Every boxcar in the line Drives behind some engine pain I don't mind killing time But it's driving me to ruin When I can see your eyes are wandering And I'm staring right into 'em
But when it comes the time to cut the line Get fed up, and throw it all to sea I can't bring myself to ring the bell On lost opportunity I stand idly by You cast your eye on someone other The longer a sailing ship is longed for The brighter shine its colors