Song Lyrics

She was tall, and always tired
She worked the late shift at the all-night diner
Years can fly by you in a place like this
Waitin' for a perfect man
And a perfect kiss

Coffee cups, eggs and sausage
Steady hands, friendly smiles hold her hostage
She traded her twenties for a job that never promised more
Her dreams, they fell asleep on the top bunk
And woke up on the floor

There ain't no good fight
Ain't no heroes
Ain't no bad man out to get you
There's just a tough job
That'll swallow you
In the darkness of another day

She grew up in the west
She grew up in the country
Great planes and long trains, horses and hay
She thought she was rich
Cause she had everything she could need
'Til that storm of divorce came
And all was lost in legal fees
She moved to the city before she turned twenty-five
Never looked back, never wondered what she'd lost
She got a job and learned to work
Tried her damnedest to be happy
She knows she'll never feel what it's like
To be free enough to leave

There ain't no good fight
Ain't no heroes
Ain't no bad man out to get you
There's just a tough job
That'll swallow you
In the darkness of another day

There's no more cowboys, no more bonfires
No more stars up in her sky
There's just the streetlights
Cast in shadows, into the darkness of another day

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Delaney Doucha Barber

The duration of The Waitress is 5:04 minutes and seconds.