Waitin' On A Woman
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| This song again has no real religious tones until we reach the third and final verse and chorus. In the case of this song, even though there is an image of religion in the song's lyrics, the religious tones are amplified in the music video. As with the other songs, I have provided an embedded youtube video link where the reader can watch and hear the songs. I highly suggest that before reading on the reader watch this video to further understand my analysis of the song.
This story begins with a young man who is sitting in a mall waiting for his wife, and as he is growing impatient waiting for her, an elderly man (played by Andy Griffith in the video) approaches him and asks him if he is waiting on a woman. The elderly man goes on to tell the story of him and his wife, and how she has always made him wait for her. This song ends with the older gentleman talking about how he knows that he will pass away before his wife, so when he gets to heaven he will sit down on a bench and wait for her. He then speaks in a statement meant for his wife, saying that he doesn't mind waiting on her in heaven. |
In the lyrics, Grossman's theory is seen again, but this time we see the religious space that is being mentioned is the elderly man's vision of heaven. The lines that clearly show the relation between death and faith read:
"I've read somewhere statistics show/The man's always the first to go/
And that makes sense 'cause I know she won't be ready/So when it
finally comes my time/And I get to the other side/I'll find myself a
bench, if they've got any/I hope she takes her time/cause I don't mind/
Waitin' on a woman/Honey take your time 'cause I don't mind/Waitin'
on a woman."
The majority of this mass is the chorus, but the meaning changes to show that this gentleman doesn't want her to rush her time on earth to be with him again. This also shows that his idea of heaven is a beautiful place, with a bench where he can sit and wait for her return to him. This again shows the idea of eternal life, which shows the idea of salvation after death for those who show a belief in God.
In the music video, we see Andy Griffith slowly getting dressed in the end of the video in all white, again a representation of the purity and innocence of those who are headed to heaven. This is also accompanied at the very end of the video by an image of him sitting on a beach, dressed in all white, in a very happy, paradise like place that one can only assume is what he believes that heaven looks like (Pictured below).
Overall this song's ending really does show this gentleman's faith in an eternal life where he will be able to sit and await the reunion with his wife. The themes of eternal life is very prevalent and is the large factor in the end of the song being thought of as it is, ending on the overly sentimental note of not only an eternal life, but an eternal love, possibly alike the eternal love that someone feels for God.
"I've read somewhere statistics show/The man's always the first to go/
And that makes sense 'cause I know she won't be ready/So when it
finally comes my time/And I get to the other side/I'll find myself a
bench, if they've got any/I hope she takes her time/cause I don't mind/
Waitin' on a woman/Honey take your time 'cause I don't mind/Waitin'
on a woman."
The majority of this mass is the chorus, but the meaning changes to show that this gentleman doesn't want her to rush her time on earth to be with him again. This also shows that his idea of heaven is a beautiful place, with a bench where he can sit and wait for her return to him. This again shows the idea of eternal life, which shows the idea of salvation after death for those who show a belief in God.
In the music video, we see Andy Griffith slowly getting dressed in the end of the video in all white, again a representation of the purity and innocence of those who are headed to heaven. This is also accompanied at the very end of the video by an image of him sitting on a beach, dressed in all white, in a very happy, paradise like place that one can only assume is what he believes that heaven looks like (Pictured below).
Overall this song's ending really does show this gentleman's faith in an eternal life where he will be able to sit and await the reunion with his wife. The themes of eternal life is very prevalent and is the large factor in the end of the song being thought of as it is, ending on the overly sentimental note of not only an eternal life, but an eternal love, possibly alike the eternal love that someone feels for God.