THE WAITING GAME (Paul O’Brien)
A song written from experience, for the great Sinead Dempsey, “The Voice”.
A lonely girl sat on a stool
He box lay by her side.
Staring at the door beyond
Wishing it to open wide.
“Why do you look so sad?” I asked,
“What are you waiting for?”
“I’ve been waiting for ‘The Voice’” she said,
“Since nineteen ninety four”
IS SHE SITTING IN THE TRAIN
OR WALKING IN THE RAIN?
OR TRYING TO FIND A PLACE
TO PARK THE CAR?
SHE HAS US WORRIED SICK
AND IF SHE DOES’NT GET HERE QUICK
WE’LL HAVE TO PLAY
THE “MAID BEHIND THE BAR”
The fiddler has another drink
And rosins up his bow,
Banjo’s at his left hand
He’s ready for to go.
He set up the gear and cables
And tested “One, two, three”
He even put a microphone
Where ‘The Voice’ should be.
IS SHE SITTING IN THE TRAIN…
The bloke with the guitar
Checks out the list of songs,
He’s sorting out the slow ones
The short ones and the long
He’s putting all the papers
In the order they belong
And he’s hoping he won’t have to sing
About “The Rocks Of Bawn”