Another Billy Bragg & Wilco (Doing Woody Guthrie Songs) My girlfriend at the time and I used to get sloshed and sing this together. Ohhh, the memories.
Hesitating Beauty
For your sparkling cocky smile I've walked a million miles
Begging you to come and wed me in the spring
Why do you, my dear, delay?
What makes you laugh and turn away?
You're a hesitating beauty, Nora Lee
Well, I know that you are itching to get married, Nora Lee
And I know how I'm twitching for the same thing, Nora Lee
By the stars and clouds above we could spend our lives in love
You're a hesitating beauty, Nora Lee
We can build a house and home where the flowers come to bloom
Around our yard I'll nail a fence so high
That the boys with peeping eyes cannot see that angel face
Of my hesitating beauty, Nora Lee
Well, I know that you are itching to get married, Nora Lee
And, I know how I'm twitching for the same thing, Nora Lee
By the stars and clouds above we can spend our lives in love
If you'd quit your hesitating, Nora Lee
We can ramble hand in hand across the grasses of our land
I'll kiss you for each leaf on every tree
We can bring our kids to play where the dry leaves blow today
If you'd quit your hesitating, Nora Lee
Well, I know that you are itching to get married, Nora Lee
And, I know how I'm twitching for the same thing, Nora Lee
By the stars and clouds above we could spend our lives in love
If you'd quit your hesitating, Nora Lee
Live version performed in Kansas City