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Asia
Archiva 1
I Can’t Wait a Lifetime

TRACK

I Can’t Wait a Lifetime

Release date: 3rd September 1996

About This Track

"I Can’t Wait a Lifetime" is a track by Asia, from the album Archiva 1, released 3rd September 1996. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Asia

Asia

Lyrics

I Can’t Wait a Lifetime

After all is said and done

Time will wait no more

Have not the strength to carry on

Light grows cold

Steals away the life in me

Cold with this uncertainty

Forgive me

I can't wait a lifetime

Won't let this child die within my heart

I can't wait a lifetime

Don't let it slip away

Don't let it slip away

From me

In the end I had to turn

Hurt to see you cry

Beneath the skin the prison lies

Love the only crime

Do I unlock the life in me

Or ride the storm eternally

Forgive me

I can't wait a lifetime

Won't let this child die within my heart

I can't wait a lifetime

Don't let it slip away

Don't let it slip away

From me

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Track details

From Archiva 1

1996

Album

Release year

1996

—Fight Against the Tide
—Boys from Diamond City
—A.L.O. (Asiatic Light Orchestra)
—We Fall Apart
—The Mariner's Dream
—Dusty Road
—Ginger
—I Believe
—I Can’t Wait a Lifetime
—Heart of Gold
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