Intro: Everybody sometime or another gotta play   the waiting game. Everybody sometime or another gotta play   the waiting game..(oh yeah) I’ve waited for love so long how long can   this game go on. But I’ll wait cause that’s the waiting game. #1. My mama said you gotta use your head. And don’t be quick to give away your heart. She said with a smile it’ll take a little   while but you’ll wait for the right boy if   you’re smart...she said.. Everybody sometime or another gotta play   the waiting game. Everybody sometime or another gotta play   the waiting game..(oh yeah) I’ve waited for love so long how long can   this game go on.                               ........... But I’ll wait cause that’s the waiting game. #2. As time went on lots of boys came along. They’d tell me how they didn’t care to wait. So when they asked me to wed all I said was let’s wait a while before we set the date. I told them.. Everybody sometime or another gotta play   the waiting game. Everybody sometime or another gotta play   the waiting game..(oh yeah) I’ve waited for love so long how long can   this game go on. But I’ll wait cause that’s the waiting game. OUTRO: But I’ll wait cause that’s the waiting game. .....          .....(Fade.)