I'll Be Waiting
recorded by Bill Anderson
written by Bill Anderson and Moneen Carpenter
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Packed my things and went away a thousand years ago today
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For I had places to go and things to see
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I had a girl who loved me so and she begged me not to go
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But I left and took her pleading words with me
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I'll be waiting always waiting
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I love you and I'll miss you while you're gone
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I know you have to do what your heart tells you to
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So I'll be waiting till it tells you to come home
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All the things I'd hoped to find I soon learned I'd left behind
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So I told myself ol boy let's us go home
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Cause our darling's waiting there and she said she'd always care
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And the echo of her promise leads me on
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I'll be waiting always waiting
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I'll be waiting till your heart tells you come home
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I'll be waiting always waiting
Spoken:
Well I got back home today and I almost wished I'd stay away
For I left here with a smile and now I weep
Oh she kept her promise alright and she's waiting here tonight
Still waiting neath the ground where she's asleep
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I'll be waiting till your heart tells you come home