The Waiting Game (ver. Acoustic)

	  		
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Everybody sometime or another gotta play  
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the waiting game. 
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Everybody sometime or another gotta play  
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the waiting game..(oh, yeah) 
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I've waited for love so long, how long can  

this game go on. 
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But I'll wait, cause that's the waiting game.
 

#1. 
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My mama said, you gotta use your head. 
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And don't be quick to give away your heart. 
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She said, with a smile, it'll take a little  
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while, but you'll wait for the right boy if  
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you're smart...she said.. 

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Everybody sometime or another gotta play  
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the waiting game. 
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Everybody sometime or another gotta play  
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the waiting game..(oh, yeah) 
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I've waited for love so long, how long can  

this game go on. 
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But I'll wait, cause that's the waiting game. 


#2. 
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As time went on, lots of boys came along. 
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They'd tell me how they didn't care to wait. 
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So, when they asked me to wed, all I said, 
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was let's wait a while before we set the date. 

I told them.. 

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Everybody sometime or another gotta play  
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the waiting game. 
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Everybody sometime or another gotta play  
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the waiting game..(oh, yeah) 
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I've waited for love so long, how long can  

this game go on. 
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But I'll wait, cause that's the waiting game. 


OUTRO: 
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But I'll wait, cause that's the waiting game. 

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