Silent Partners

Waylon Jennings · The Collection [Madacy] [2005]

(Bobby Braddock)



He stands in the doorway his hands upon his hips

She stands by the jukebox a sweet smile on her lips

He slowly walks up to her she reaches out for him

It's almost like some magnet is pulling both of them.



He says and she says:



Silent partners they don't say a word

She is the adjective, he is the verb

They speak with their bodies they talk with their eyes

They don't make no promises so they don't tell no lies.

Silent partners, silent partners.



Later in their lovenest at half-past ecstasy

They cling to each other and lie there silently

She would like to tell him what she feels in her heart

He would like to bare his soul but don't know where to start.



He says and she says:



Silent partners they don't say a word

She is the adjective, he is the verb

They speak with their bodies they talk with their eyes

They don't make no promises so they don't tell no lies.

Silent partners.



They speak with their bodies they talk with their eyes

They don't make no promises so they don't tell no lies

Silent partners, silent partners.



He says and she says they say...