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