Just Waitin’ John Prine

The old maid's waitin' for leap year to come
The crooner's just waitin' to sing
The old cow's standing by the Bull Durham sign
Just waitin' for the grass to turn green

The barfly's waitin' for an easy mark
An' the hitchhiker's waitin' for a ride
The life-termer's waitin' for a prison break
The beachcomber's waitin' for a 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
Ain't nothin' seems to make a turn
Worm must be waitin' for the early bird
I guess the early bird's waitin' on a 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 waitin' on some rich uncle to die

Katy, she's waitin' at the garden gate
The moonshiner's waitin' at the still
The gambler's still waitin' for that ace in the hole
And Jack is still waitin' on Jill