Waiting So Long

[Intro] I know you been waiting so long Mm, I know you been waiting, huh [Verse 1] I been away for so long, you been staying so strong Sending messages, hoping I make it back home Road to riches, ain't no place for love Surprise visits, anything to see her face lit up Forty-two hundred miles, the time change on the dial You glad I'm living my dreams, but I'll be gone for a while Bittersweet just like that lemon drop you always order But now, another nine months, you only drinking water Another daughter, put my message on a tape recorder And play it for her and her sister 'til I make it over I'm making more than I fathom and I ain't trusting no one I gotta bring it back home and show why daddy ain't show up Hurry 'fore they grow up [Chorus] Uh, I know you been waiting so long Uh, I know you been waiting so long Got your outfit picked out for the day I come home I know you been waiting so long When the days going slow, just rewind this song, huh, huh I know you been waiting so long [Verse 2] Pictures of you in my wallet, got your heart in my pocket Wear my heart on my sleeve 'cause I was never into watches Used to think that time would slow down when I look at it Nowadays, they looking at my wrist to guess my tax bracket Guessing what I make, guessing who I love, huh Guessing who I'm laying down with and all above I got babies waiting on me, I got money on my mind Gotta keep the fridge full and bullshit away from mine I'll be back in due time with something to show for it Still, I'm making you smile, roses at the front door Gotta go away now, still, I'm missing you more Just rewind this back again until I make it back home Hopefully you not gone [Chorus] Uh, I know you been waiting so long Uh, I know you been waiting so long Got your outfit picked out for the day I come home I know you been waiting so long When the days going slow, just rewind this song, huh, huh I know you been waiting so long