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Gotta Wait

TRACK

Gotta Wait

Release date: 21st October 2016

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About This Track

"Gotta Wait" is a track by Pretenders, from the album Alone, released 21st October 2016. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

Gotta Wait

[Verse 1]

You gotta wait

Hold it back and hold it tight

You gotta wait

Another day another night

You gotta wait

[?] as a judge

You gotta wait

You gotta [?] grudge

[Chorus]

You gotta wait, wait

Hold the day, hesitate, wait

Wait, wait

Take the bait and reinstate, wait

Wait, wait

Save the play, don't be late, wait

[Verse 2]

You gotta wait

Like a car that won't start

You gotta wait

At the pharmacy or Walmart

You gotta wait

On an oxycontin come down

You gotta wait

Alone and put your gun down

[Chorus]

You gotta wait, wait

Hold the day, hesitate, wait

Wait, wait

Take the bait and reinstate, wait

Wait, wait

Save the play, don't be late, wait

[Bridge]

Ohhh

[?]

[Verse 3]

You gotta wait

When the waiting is isn't long

You gotta wait

Can you see where you belong

You gotta wait

A hundred million faces

You gotta wait

You were going stranger places

[Chorus]

You gotta wait, wait

Hold the day, hesitate, wait

Wait, wait

Take the bait and reinstate, wait

Wait, wait

Save the play, don't be late, wait

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2016

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—I Hate Myself

—Blue Eyed Sky

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—Death Is Not Enough

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I Think About You Daily

Let the Sun Come In

I Can't Control Myself

Nervous but Shy

Swinging London

I Didn't Know When to Stop

Didn't Want to Be This Lonely

Crying in Public

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Maybe Love Is in NYC

You Can't Hurt a Fool

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Never Be TogetherAlone

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I Hate MyselfAlone

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Money (That's What I Want)

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You Didn't Have To

Can't Help Falling in Love

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Walk Like a Panther

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From the Heart Down

I'll Stand By You (Live on SNL)

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Pretenders — Never Be Together (from Alone)

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Pretenders — Death Is Not Enough (from Alone)

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Pretenders — Creep (live)

Pretenders — Not a Second Time

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Pretenders — What You Gonna Do About It

Pretenders — Money (That's What I Want)

Pretenders — Break Up the Concrete

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Pretenders — Blue Christmas

Pretenders — The Nothing Maker

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Pretenders — One Thing Never Changed

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Pretenders — Boots of Chinese Plastic

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Pretenders — Almost Perfect

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Pretenders — Private Life

Pretenders — The Losing

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Pretenders — Time (Junior Vasquez remixes)

Pretenders — Something to Believe In

Pretenders — You Know Who Your Friends Are

Pretenders — Complex Person

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Pretenders — Lie to Me

Pretenders — Clean Up Woman

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Pretenders — My City Was Gone (Remix)

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Complex Person
Day After Day
Don’t Get Me Wrong
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Credits

Credited: Brian Lucey, Chrissie Hynde, Collin Dupuis, Dan Auerbach, Danny Tomczak, Dave Roe, Easy Eye Sound, Kenny Vaughan, Leon Michels, Richard Swift, Russ Pahl, Tchad Blake