[Verse 1]
Restless time in my hotel room
Nothing going on it seems
Misty rain outside and in my mind
To clear the cobwebs in my head
I walked alone on Frankfort streets
In the light of shadowed neon signs

[Chorus]
They were waitin'
They were waitin’
(They were) waitin' for a man to arrive
Waitin' for a man to arrive

[Verse 2]
Streets were mixed of old and new
Stony bricks, the concrete smooth
Many blocks of camera shops and bars
Behind the windows telescopes
And photographs of smilin’ girls
In a doorway hidden from the stars

[Chorus]
They were waitin'
They were waitin'
They were waitin' for a man to arrive
Waitin' for a man to arrive
[Verse 3]
In thigh-view skirt and plastic boots
She could have been just 17
One was 30 lookin' 65
From high school queen to weary frau
Expressions mixed on painted lips
And each one lookin' hungry in her eyes

[Chorus]
They were waitin'
They were waitin’
They were waitin’ for a man to arrive
Waitin' for a man to arrive

[Outro]
They were waitin’ for a man to arrive
Waitin' for a man to arrive
They were waitin' for a man to arrive
Waitin' for a man to arrive
They were waitin’ for a man to arrive
Waitin' for a man to arrive