Can't Wait (Alternate version #1)

Bob Dylan

I can't wait
Wait for you to change your mind
It's late
I'm tryin' to walk the line

Well, it's way past midnight
And there's some people all around
Some on their way up
Some on their way down

The air burns and I'm tryin to think straight
And I don't know how much longer I can wait
I'm your man
I've tried to recover the sweet love that we knew

You understand
That my heart can't go on beating without you
Well your loveliness has wounded me
I'm reeling from the blow

I wish I knew what it was that keeps me loving you so
I'm breathin' hard standin' at the gate
Oh, but I don't know how much longer I can wait
Skies are gray

I'm looking for anything that will bring a happy glow
Night or day
It doesn't matter where I go anymore I just go
If I ever saw you comin' I don't know what I might do

I'd like to think I could control myself
But it isn't true
That's how it is
When things disintegrate

And I don't know how much longer I can wait
I'm doomed to love you
I been rollin' through stormy weather
I'm thinkin' of you

And all the places we could roam together
It's mighty funny
The end of time has just begun
Oh honey, after all these years you're still the one

Well I'm strollin' through the lonely graveyard of my mind
I left my life with you
Somewhere back there along the line
I thought somehow that I would be spared this day

I don't know how much longer I can wait


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Can't Wait Lyrics as written by Robert Allen Zimmerman Bob Dylan

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    Lyric Correction

    "Well, the blindness overtaking me is beating LIKE A DRUM."

    "That's how it is when I'M tryin' to concentrate."

    "I've been drinkin', drinking FORBIDDEN JUICES."

    "I'm so clear, she can keep my head ON straight."

    Glad this is posted. It's one of Dylan's best songs. Kind of a shame he didn't leave the thing like this, huh?

    KingUGAon July 04, 2011   Link

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