We wait to wake to get a ride in the rain
Buy a ticket they can check we can claim
So we don't spend what's our own for a
Seat a place to stop a green light a red
Cross they run around naked doing old
Things like the ones before
Wait for a break so you can take a little
Something that'll make your next break
Come along a little quicker than the one
Before wait for an answer spy a sweet
Dancer as she walks from the door of the
Hall wish you waited for your wedding
Vows so hurry up and wait
But what's worth waiting for?
We wait to get warm the car starts from
Cold stall to make a first move magazines
Made the rules to make us lose wait for
Your dream man the house you could both
Plan the car in the sales ad the wet dream
With the man you wished that you had
A watched pot never boils
Sugars seconds to dissolve
See your appetite lost
Foods relevance is lost inside
So hurry up and wait
But what's worth waiting for?
So join the queue me and you
Wait in line
It takes our time to be satisfied


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Hurry Up and Wait Lyrics as written by Richard Mark Jones Kelly Jones

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    Beautiful song, and I agree with your first explanation pippilotta ;)

    But then I also think this song is meant to inspire people to enjoy the little things in life, and not just wait untill you get satisfied by great events.. but get satisfaction in life along the way.. which is a great thing.

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