John Prine – Just Waitin (Guitar)

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The old maid's waitin' for leap year to come

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 The crooner's just waitin' to sing

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 The old cow's standin' by the Bull Durham sign

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Just waitin' for the grass to turn green

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 The bar-fly's waitin' for an easy mark

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 An' the hitch-hiker's waitin' for a ride

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 The life-termer's waitin' for a prison break

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The beachcomber's waitin' for a tide

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 Farmer's daughter's waitin' for the salesman

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 To take her into town

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 An' the city slicker's waitin' for the country boy

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To lay all his money down

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 You know everything comes to a standstill

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 Ain't nothin' seems to make a turn

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 The worm must be waitin' for the early bird

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I guess the early bird's waitin' on the worm

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 Nobody wants to do nothin'

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 Just waitin' to get a finger in the pie

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 Waitin' for a call from a big quiz show

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Or waitin' on some rich uncle to die

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 Katy, she's waitin' at the garden gate

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 Moonshiner's waitin' at the still

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 The gambler's still waitin' for that ace in the hole

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And Jack's still waitin' on Jill

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 Everybody's waitin' for somethin'

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 Nothin' seems to turn out right

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 'Cause the night shift's waitin' for mornin'

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And the burglar's just waitin' on the night

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 The congregation is waitin' for the preacher

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 The preacher's just waitin' for the groom

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 And the groom's just waitin' for the June bride

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And the bride's just waitin' for June

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 Sunflower's waitin' for the sunshine

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 Violet's just waitin' for dew

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 Bee's just waitin' for honey

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And, honey, I'm just waitin' for you