While she lays sleeping 
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 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 
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 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 
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