Bobby Bare, Jr. - Painting Her Fingernails lyrics

She's paintin' her fingernails, waitin' for somethin' to happen Listenin' to love songs watchin' the clock on the wall She could fix a cheese sandwich, but someone might ask her to dinner So she's paintin' her fingernails, waitin' for someone to call There's a torn yellow photograph stuck in the edge of the mirror By the Raggedy Ann doll she played with when she was a child There's a top dresser drawer filled with j**elry, pills and old letters And she's paintin' her fingernails, dreamin' of Paul Newman's smile There's a sink full of dishes left over from three lonely breakfasts And some old Glamour magazines all very neatly arranged But the magazines just make her feel that she's fat and she's ugly So she's paintin' her nails, waitin' for somethin' to change On her desk is a macramé she started back last December And the bright gilded Christmas card he sent her three years ago So she stretches her legs in an exercise she's been neglecting She's paintin' her nails, hopin' that age doesn't show And it dawns on her the telephone just might be out of order She picks it up -- hears the tone and sets it down again Hell, there's lots of other men And if she has to, she can always call a friend In the fridge, there's what's left of last Wednesday night's candlelight dinner On her neck is the love mark he left her to prove he was there Should call the dentist and take her red coat to the cleaners But she's paintin' her fingernails, wonderin' if anyone cares She undresses seductively in front of -- Johnny Carson And smiles goodnight to the bullfighter there on the wall And she crawls into bed knowin' that this time tomorrow She'll be paintin' her fingernails, waitin' for someone to call Paintin' her fingernails, waitin' for someone to call