I Don't Want To Wait

Album: This Fire (1996)
Charted: 43 11
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  • So open up your morning light
    And say a little prayer for I
    You know that if we are to stay alive
    And see the peace in every eye

    She had two babies
    One was six months, one was three
    In the war of '44
    Every telephone ring
    Every heartbeat stinging
    When she thought it was God calling her
    Oh, would her son grow to know his father?

    I don't want to wait
    For our lives to be over
    I want to know right now
    What will it be?
    I don't want to wait
    For our lives to be over
    Will it be yes or will it be sorry?

    He showed up all wet
    On the rainy front step
    Wearing shrapnel in his skin
    And the war he saw
    Lives inside him still
    It's so hard to be gentle and warm
    The years passed by and now he has grandaughters

    I don't want to wait
    For our lives to be over
    I want to know right now
    What will it be?
    I don't want to wait
    For our lives to be over
    Will it be yes or will it be-

    Oh, so you look at me
    From across the room
    You're wearing your anguish again
    Believe me, I know the feeling
    It sucks you into the jaws of anger
    Oh, so breathe a little more deeply, my love
    All we have is this very moment
    And I don't want to do what his father
    And his father and his father did
    I want to be here now

    So open up your morning light
    And say a little prayer for I
    You know that if we are to stay alive
    And see the peace in every eye

    I don't want to wait
    For our lives to be over
    I want to know right now
    What will it be?
    I don't want to wait
    For our lives to be over
    Will it be yes or will it be-

    I don't want to wait
    For our lives to be over
    I want to know right now
    What will it be?
    I don't want to wait
    For our lives to be over
    Will it be yes or will it be sorry?

    So open up your morning light
    And say a little prayer for I
    You know that if we are to stay alive
    And see the love in every eye Writer/s: Paula Cole
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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  • Angel from Philippinesmy favorite song
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