I Don't Want to Wait - Paula Cole

[00:00.186]So open up your morning light
[00:03.308]And say a little prayer for I
[00:05.749]You know that if we are to stay alive
[00:08.772]And see the peace in every eye
[00:22.633]She had two babies
[00:25.326]One was six months one was three
[00:27.881]In the war of '44
[00:33.304]Every telephone ring
[00:36.088]Every heartbeat stinging
[00:37.960]When she thought it was God calling her
[00:43.019]Oh would her son grow to know his father
[00:51.867]I don't want to wait
[00:53.908]For our lives to be over
[00:56.868]I want to know right now
[00:59.032]What will it be
[01:02.637]I don't want to wait
[01:04.541]For our lives to be over
[01:07.550]Will it be yes or will it be
[01:12.152]Sorry
[01:24.537]He showed up all wet
[01:27.294]On the rainy front step
[01:30.011]Wearing shrapnel in his skin
[01:35.482]And the war he saw
[01:38.349]Lives inside him still
[01:40.150]It's so hard to be gentle and warm
[01:45.068]The years passed by and now
[01:47.556]He has granddaughters
[01:53.912]I don't want to wait
[01:56.119]For our lives to be over
[01:58.919]I want to know right now
[02:01.099]What will it be
[02:04.901]I don't want to wait
[02:06.989]For our lives to be over
[02:09.932]Will it be yes or will it be
[02:14.992]Oh, so dig a little more deeply into my life
[02:20.427]All we have is this very moment
[02:26.150]And I don't wanna do what
[02:27.917]His father and his father and his father did
[02:30.569]I want to be here now
[02:37.269]So open up your morning light
[02:39.941]And say a little prayer for I
[02:42.409]You know that if we are to stay alive
[02:45.282]And see the peace in every eye
[02:48.051]I don't want to wait
[02:50.168]For our lives to be over
[02:52.991]I want to know right now
[02:55.222]What will it be
[02:59.002]I don't want to wait
[03:01.036]For our lives to be over
[03:04.044]Will it be yes or will it be
[03:10.076]I don't want to wait
[03:11.894]For our lives to be over
[03:15.092]I want to know right now
[03:17.339]What will it be
[03:20.717]I don't want to wait
[03:22.905]For our lives to be over
[03:26.269]Will it be yes or will it be
[03:30.802]Sorry
[03:42.594]So open up your morning light
[03:45.269]And say a little prayer for I
[03:47.656]You know that if we are to stay alive
[03:50.598]And see the love in every eye