More Than A Whisper

How I wish that you would call

We have not spoken since last fall

And that smoky conversation's come and gone

Do I just read between your lines?

Or could it be this winter wine

So sweet upon my tongue tonight?

Recalls your tender eyes

When I need more than a whisper

So much more than a whisper

It takes more than a whisper to wake this weary fool

Give me more than a whisper

If you're sayin' I love you

'Cause it's the whispers I've never understood

Well, it's snowin' 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

They say that I misread your lines

'Cause I've been lonely all my life

And I'm reachin' for this silver

Leavin' 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

Give me more than a whisper

If you're sayin' I love you

'Cause it's the whispers I've never understood

I will drink my winter wine

When I get home I'll change my mind

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

I need more than a whisper

So much more than a whisper

It takes more than a whisper to wake this weary fool

Give me more than a whisper

If you're sayin' I love you

'Cause it's the whispers I've never understood