"More Than A Whisper" lyrics

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