Story Behind The Song
Comes from reading kitchen scene in Bridges of Madison County and thinking what may have been in the main character's heart...
Song Description
Woman is tempted by "greener pastures" but realizes that "home" is where her heart lies, though it may be lacking adventure
| Song Length |
4:09 |
Genre |
Folk - Traditional |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Farmhouse Waltz
(Verse) Wheat fields are rolling like oceans,
They're quiet as dawn in the fall.
And the laundry is flapping like scarecrows,
Mourning doves join in the call.
Then there's a tentative knock on the back door,
And like thunder, it shatters my heart.
(Chorus) For I have waited so long
To dance in the heat of a Midwestern night
And feel the sweat on my skin
And dance to the whispers of dreams on a breeze rolling in.
(Verse) This Midwestern town offers comfort,
But you offer me savannas and seas.
You offer a hand full of freedom
And a kiss with a promise of dreams.
And you offer a taste of redemption,
And like Christmas, I almost believe.
(Chorus) For I have waited so long
To dance in the heat of a Midwestern night
And feel the sweat on my skin
And dance to the whispers of dreams on a breeze rolling in.
(Verse) But there's something of comfort in the familiar,
And there's something of love on this farm.
And these children need acres of growing
In the pastures I tend in my heart.
And the man of this house...he's not a dreamer,
But he loves me with all of his heart.
(Chorus) Still...I've waited so long
To dance in the heat of a Midwestern night
And feel the sweat on my skin
And dance to the whispers of dreams on a breeze rolling in.
© 1995 Charlotte Seawell