Longing In Their Hearts Lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

1 Let me tell you 'bout a friend of mine

2 He's a short order cook

3 Long on speed, short on spice

4 He reads his customers like a book

5 He's seen this, and he's done that

6 Now he's makin' fried eggs an art

7 But there's one thing he can't fix no how

8 There's a longing in his heart

9 He's tried for years to work it out

10 At the grill and at his home

11 Well he talks to his friends, talks to himself

12 He talks the chicken right off the bone

13 Talks to his woman and she understands

14 You know they're always eye to eye

15 She runs the joint, they live out back

16 Small house under a big sky

17 Well even the stars at night agree

18 The sky is falling apart

19 She knows cause she can feel it too

20 There's a longing in her heart

21 A longing in her heart

22 Longing in her heart

23 Well now you and me, we're just like them

24 We never wanted to be alone,

25 So we made a pact, sealed with desire

26 For a happier house and home

27 Only to find it doesn't untie

28 The knot where feelings die

29 There's a longing deep inside our hearts

30 And no one to tell us why

31 Our friends aren't looking for anything new

32 They wouldn't know where to look

33 Well her, she likes running the joint

34 And he likes being a cook

35 Together they're doing very well

36 They're might glad they could

37 But there's a fire burning towards them now

38 Coming from a distant wood

39 And even the stars at night agree

40 That the sky is falling apart

41 We know 'cause we can feel it too

42 There's a longing in our hearts