The Waiting – English Lyrics

• By: Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

("The Waiting")

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♪ Oh baby don't it feel like heaven right now ♪

♪ Don't it feel like somethin' from a dream ♪

♪ Yeah I've never known nothing quite like this ♪

♪ Don't it feel like tonight might never be again ♪

♪ Baby we know better than to try and pretend ♪

♪ Honey no one could have ever told me 'bout this ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ The waiting is the hardest part ♪

♪ Every day you see one more card ♪

♪ You take it on faith, you take it to the heart ♪

♪ The waiting is the hardest part ♪

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♪ Well yeah, I might have chased a couple of women around ♪

♪ All it ever got me was down ♪

♪ Yeah, then there were those that made me feel good ♪

♪ But never as good as I feel right now ♪

♪ Baby you're the only one that's ever known how ♪

♪ To make me want to live like I want to live now ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ The waiting is the hardest part ♪

♪ Every day you get one more yard ♪

♪ You take it on faith, you take it to the heart ♪

♪ The waiting is the hardest part ♪

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♪ Oh, don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you ♪

♪ Don't let 'em kill you baby, don't let 'em get to you ♪

♪ I'll be your breathin' heart, I'll be your cryin' fool ♪

♪ Don't let this go too far, don't let it get to you ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ The waiting is the hardest part ♪

♪ Every day you get one more yard ♪

♪ You take it on faith, you take it to the heart ♪

♪ The waiting is the hardest part ♪

♪ Yeah, the waiting is the hardest part ♪

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♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Is the hardest part ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Is the hardest part ♪

(band members talking)