While she lay sleeping, I stay out late at night and play my songs Sometimes all the nights can be so long, and it's good when I finally make it home All alone, while she lays dreaming, I try to get undressed without the light And quietly she says, I was your night, and I come to her and say, it was all right, and I hold her tight And she believes in me, I'll never know just what she sees in me I told her someday, if she was my girl, I could change the world, with my little songs, I was wrong But she has faith in me, and so I go on trying faithfully And who knows maybe, on some special night, if my song is right, I will find a way, find a way While she lays waiting, I stumble to the kitchen for a bite, then I see my old guitar in the night Just waiting for me like a secret friend, and there's no end While she lays crying, I fumble with a melody or two, then I'm torn between the things that I should do Then she says to wake her up when I am through, God her love is true And she believes in me, I'll never know just what she sees in me I told her someday, if she was my girl, I could change the world, with my little songs, I was wrong But she has faith in me, and so I go on trying faithfully And who knows maybe, on some special night, if my song is right, I will find a way While she lays, while she waits for me