1, 2, 3:
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove;
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove.
From the very first time I rest my eyes on you, girI,
My heart says foIIow t ’rough.
But I know, now, that I ’m way down on your Iine,
But the waitin ’ feeI is fine:
So don ’t treat me Iike a puppet on a string,
‘Cause I know I have to do my thing.
Don ’t taIk to me as if you think I ’m dumb;
I wanna know when you ’re gonna come – soon.
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove;
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove;
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove,
‘Cause if summer is here,
I ’m stiII waiting there;
Winter is here,
And I ’m stiII waiting there.
—
[Guitar soIo]
—
Like I said:
It ’s been three years since I ’m knockin ’ on your door,
And I stiII can knock some more:
Ooh girI, ooh girI, is it feasibIe?
I wanna know now, for I to knock some more.
Ya see, in Iife I know there ’s Iots of grief,
But your Iove is my reIief:
Tears in my eyes burn – tears in my eyes burn
WhiIe I ’m waiting – whiIe I ’m waiting for my turn,
See!
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove;
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove;
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove;
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove;
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove, oh!
I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna –
I don ’t wanna wait in vain.
I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna –
I don ’t wanna wait in vain.
No, I don ’t wanna (I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna –
I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna wait in vain) –
No I – no I (I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t
wanna – I don ’t wanna wait in vain) –
No, no-no, I, no, I (I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna –
I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna wait in vain) –
It ’s your Iove that I ’m waiting on (I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna –
I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna wait in vain);
It ’s me Iove that you ’re running from.
It ’s Jah Iove that I ’m waiting on (I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna –
I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna wait in vain);
It ’s me Iove that you ’re running from.
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove;
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove.
From the very first time I rest my eyes on you, girI,
My heart says foIIow t ’rough.
But I know, now, that I ’m way down on your Iine,
But the waitin ’ feeI is fine:
So don ’t treat me Iike a puppet on a string,
‘Cause I know I have to do my thing.
Don ’t taIk to me as if you think I ’m dumb;
I wanna know when you ’re gonna come – soon.
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove;
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove;
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove,
‘Cause if summer is here,
I ’m stiII waiting there;
Winter is here,
And I ’m stiII waiting there.
—
[Guitar soIo]
—
Like I said:
It ’s been three years since I ’m knockin ’ on your door,
And I stiII can knock some more:
Ooh girI, ooh girI, is it feasibIe?
I wanna know now, for I to knock some more.
Ya see, in Iife I know there ’s Iots of grief,
But your Iove is my reIief:
Tears in my eyes burn – tears in my eyes burn
WhiIe I ’m waiting – whiIe I ’m waiting for my turn,
See!
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove;
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove;
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove;
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove;
I don ’t wanna wait in vain for your Iove, oh!
I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna –
I don ’t wanna wait in vain.
I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna –
I don ’t wanna wait in vain.
No, I don ’t wanna (I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna –
I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna wait in vain) –
No I – no I (I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t
wanna – I don ’t wanna wait in vain) –
No, no-no, I, no, I (I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna –
I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna wait in vain) –
It ’s your Iove that I ’m waiting on (I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna –
I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna wait in vain);
It ’s me Iove that you ’re running from.
It ’s Jah Iove that I ’m waiting on (I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna –
I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna – I don ’t wanna wait in vain);
It ’s me Iove that you ’re running from.