Indigo Girls

"Everybody's Waiting" is an Amy Ray song that originally appeared as

the B-side of the 1985 "Crazy Game" single.  (some people think it's

the A-side, because it's printed first on the lyric sheet on the

sleeve, but if you check the labels and matrix numbers on the vinyl

itself, "Crazy Game" is definitely the A-side.)  By the way, the same

exact studio version appears on "Blue Food."  I personally think that

this may just be Amy's blackest song ever...  In this song, Amy sings

the main vocal part, and Emily sings the role of the mother,

indicated here by indentation and quotes.

Everybody's Waiting (For Someone to Come Home).

Through the wind and the rain I hear my mother's cry

She says:

"I know my baby's out there

 I just couldn't bear t

o ask her why

 From my womb into the world

 Lord, I wish the child would call

 You know I'm needing some company

 She makes my life so full."

Take my advice: go ahead and live your own life

Everybody's waiting for someone to come home.

Like the fire waits for the sand

This world is burning with the tension of human hands

Waiting to be cleansed, waiting for their ace of spades

They say:

"I sure hope he's coming

 'Cause I feel like I've just been saved."

Take my advice: go ahead and live while you're alive

Everybody's waiting for someone to come home.

"Come to me and cleanse my soul..."

I'm free, I'm free...

"Only with you am I whole..."

Can't you see that I am me???

"I'll be waiting by the window..."

I'll be heading for the door...

I was driving down highway 85, yeah

Had to pull off the road just to hear my radio coming in clearer

Lord, this life's so full, I said, why do we ask for more?

While we're waiting for the man to come

We forgot what he's coming for

Take my advice: go ahead and live while you're alive

Everybody's waiting for someone to come home...

"I'll be waiting by the window..."

Everybody's waiting for someone to come home...

"I'll be waiting by the window..."

Everybody's waiting for someone to come home...

To come home.