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Don Henley
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She grew up tall in a timber town
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Where trees were not the only things
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That were fallin' down
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The breezes through the pines were blowin' bittersweet
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They blew the papers down the dead-end street
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She married a boy as soon as she got out of school
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But he turned out to be a reckless fool
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Gone are the days when she was worry-free
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Now she's a single mom, she's only twenty-three
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And she's waiting tables, she's just waiting tables
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She's learned a lot about people, more than she
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Ever wanted to know
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She's just waiting tables, waiting tables
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Biding her time until there's somewhere else to go
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When her workin' day is done, she tallies up her tips
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And she sighs, dear Lord above,
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There must be more than this
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Someday she'll see this misery in her rear-view mirror
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But for today she'll find a way to get along right here
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And she's waiting tables, she's just waiting tables
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She's learned a lot about people, more than she
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Ever wanted to know
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She's just waiting tables, waiting tables
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Biding her time until there's somewhere else to go
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One rainy night, a handsome man came in
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Said he was bound for parts unknown
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They talked and talked until the moon went down
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But in the mornin' he was gone
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Waiting tables, she's just waiting tables
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Another year or two and she'll be movin' on
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She's just waiting tables, waiting tables
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Holding her own till somethin' better comes along
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Waiting tables, she's just waiting tables
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Biding her time till somethin' better comes along
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