More Than A Whisper Lyrics - Nanci Griffith

Oh, I wish that you would call 

We have not spoken since last fall 

And that smoky conversation's 

Coming home 

Do I just read between your lines? 

Yeah, could be this winter wine 

So sweet upon my tongue tonight 

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 sayin', 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 thinkin' of you this way 

And they say that I misread your lines 

'Cause 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 sayin', 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 sayin', I love you 

'Cause it's the whispers 

That I've never understood