Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
Hold on, little girl
Show me what he's done to you
Stand up, little girl
A broken heart can't be that bad
When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on, baby, come on over
Let me be the one to show you
I'm the one who wants to be with you
Deep inside I hope you'll feel it too (feel it too)
Waited on a line of greens and blues (waited on a line)
Just to be the next to be with you
Build up your confidence
So you can be on top for once
Wake up, who cares about
Little boys that talk too much
I've seen it all go down
The game of love was all rained out
So come on baby, come on over
Let me be the one to hold you
I'm the one who wants to be with you (I'm the one, yeah)
Deep inside I hope you feel it too (feel it too)
Waited on a line of greens and blues (waited on a line yeah)
Just to be the next to be with you
Why be alone when we can be together baby?
You can make my life worthwhile
I can make you start to smile
When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on baby, come on over
Let me be the one to show you
I'm the one who wants to be with you (I'm the one)
Deep inside I hope you feel it too (feel it too)
Waited on a line of greens and blues (waited on a line)
Yeah, just to be the next to be with you
I'm the one who wants to be with you (I'm the one)
Deep inside I hope you feel it too (deep inside you feel it too)
Waited on a line of greens and blues (waited on that line)
Yeah, just to be the next to be with you
Just to be the next to be with you
Ooh
Show me what he's done to you
Stand up, little girl
A broken heart can't be that bad
When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on, baby, come on over
Let me be the one to show you
I'm the one who wants to be with you
Deep inside I hope you'll feel it too (feel it too)
Waited on a line of greens and blues (waited on a line)
Just to be the next to be with you
Build up your confidence
So you can be on top for once
Wake up, who cares about
Little boys that talk too much
I've seen it all go down
The game of love was all rained out
So come on baby, come on over
Let me be the one to hold you
I'm the one who wants to be with you (I'm the one, yeah)
Deep inside I hope you feel it too (feel it too)
Waited on a line of greens and blues (waited on a line yeah)
Just to be the next to be with you
Why be alone when we can be together baby?
You can make my life worthwhile
I can make you start to smile
When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on baby, come on over
Let me be the one to show you
I'm the one who wants to be with you (I'm the one)
Deep inside I hope you feel it too (feel it too)
Waited on a line of greens and blues (waited on a line)
Yeah, just to be the next to be with you
I'm the one who wants to be with you (I'm the one)
Deep inside I hope you feel it too (deep inside you feel it too)
Waited on a line of greens and blues (waited on that line)
Yeah, just to be the next to be with you
Just to be the next to be with you
Ooh
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To Be with You Lyrics as written by David Grahame Eric Martin
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what the hell does " waiting on a line of greens and blues" mean?
@WinterOnyx - This is my question, too. Maybe greens and blues represent envy and sadness, the feelings he's experienced while waiting? It's still an odd phrasing, but that's the best I've got.
@WinterOnyx This question has plagued me for YEARS. I just feel like he can't be saying "greens and blues". I like to think he's saying "cheats and bruts"; makes much more sense.
@WinterOnyx I always thought men in service uniforms. Like garbage men and police officers. LOL ... Hey, I was 16 when the song came out.
@WinterOnyx <br /> <br /> I thought it was a reference to the Greens & Blues, rival factions in the early Byzantine Empire. They hated/killed each other over chariot races & squandered the nation's potential. Justinian consolidated power by crushing them & went on to dominate the Mediterranean. So in this reading, the singer sees himself as a Justinian figure to the woman's Byzantium. <br /> <br /> Turns out he was talking about his mood ring. From Eric Martin:<br /> <br /> 'Waiting on a line of greens and blues…’ I had a mood ring when I was a kid. I threw that in to be quirky.<br /> <br /> tonyedwardsphoto.com/ohtonyedwards/waited-on-a-line-of-greens-and-blues/