More than a whisper                                 www.nancigriffith.com
 Nanci Griffith

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Oh, I wish that you would call
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We have not spoken since last fall
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That smoky conversation's coming home
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Do I just read between your lines
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Yeah it could be this winter wine
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So sweet upon my tongue tonight
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It recalls your tender eyes
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And I need more than a whisper
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So much more than a whisper
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It takes more than a whisper
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To wake this weary fool
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Oh give me more than a whisper
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If you're saying I love you
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Cuz it's the whispers that I've never understood
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And it's snowing up in the northlands
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I read your warm words from the plains
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While the poets say that I should never
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Be thinking of you this way
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They say that I misread your lines
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Because I've been lonely all my life
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And I'd be reaching for some silver
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And leave my heart out in the fire
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And I need more than a whisper
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So much more than a whisper
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It takes more than a whisper
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To wake this weary fool
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Oh give me more than a whisper
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If you're saying I love you
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Cuz it's the whispers that I've never understood
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Well I will drink my winter wine
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When I get home I'll change my life
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I'll only whisper that I love you
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In those smoky bars at night
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And though the poets say I'm lonely
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There's still this woman here inside
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And I've never been a fool
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When my heart was on the line
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Cuz I need more than a whisper
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So much more than a whisper
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It takes more than a whisper
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To wake this weary fool
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Oh give me more than a whisper
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If you're saying I love you
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Cuz it's the whispers that I've never understood